Miahuatlan

Miahuatlán lies in the southern highlands of Oaxaca, on the route between the central valleys and the Pacific coast. Communities in the area came under the influence of the Zapotec rulers of Zaachila before the Spanish conquest. In 1522 Spanish forces moved through the region during the conquest of Oaxaca and the approach to Tututepec. The mountain route through Miahuatlán and Ejutla linked the coast with the inland valleys.