Otlaquiquixtla

Otlaquiquixtla, later called Huatusco, lies in the high country between the Gulf coast and the central Mexican plateau. Its Nahuatl name is interpreted as a place of bamboo trumpets. The surrounding hills belonged to the territory of Cuauhtochco, a lordship that came under Mexica rule before the Spanish conquest. Under Spanish rule the settlement became known as San Antonio Huatusco. During the struggle for Mexican independence the district served as a centre of insurgent operations. In 1830, after independence, the settlement received the status of a villa, a mark of its growing importance among the communities of the eastern slopes.