Tlacalahuastla

Tlacalahuastla was an Indigenous settlement in the mountainous western part of the old province of Colima. Its name has been interpreted as a place where blowguns were abundant or made. After the Spanish conquest the district was granted in encomienda to Francisco de Santos. Nahua and Otomí inhabitants faced heavy exploitation, and some fled into the mountains of Telcruz and Tocxin, leaving the lower settlement behind.