Tecpan

Tecpan lies on the Costa Grande of southern Mexico, between the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Pacific. The town gave its name to a province created during the struggle for Mexican independence. It was also the home of Hermenegildo Galeana, one of the insurgent commanders who fought alongside José María Morelos.

Morelos reached Tecpan in November 1810, and members of the Galeana family joined his cause. Hermenegildo distinguished himself in the military campaigns that soon followed, including the difficult fighting near Acapulco and the advance inland. In April 1811 Morelos created the province of Tecpan, giving the insurgents an administrative framework in the territory they controlled. From this important coastal base the rebellion spread toward the towns of the southern highlands.