Ixtlahuacan

Ixtlahuacan lies in the uplands north of Guadalajara, in a region inhabited by Tecuexe communities before the Spanish conquest. Nuño de Guzmán reached the district in 1530. Nearby Tlacotán became an early site of Guadalajara in the 1530s, and Ixtlahuacan was included in its encomienda. The fortunes of the indigenous town were thus tied to an early colonial settlement that was itself later moved to the Atemajac valley.