Xilotepec

Xilotepec, later Jilotepec, was the centre of an Otomi lordship on the northwestern edge of the central Mexican highlands. Its Nahuatl name refers to a hill of young maize. The lordship maintained connections with neighbouring regions including the Huasteca, Michoacán and Guanajuato. After the Spanish conquest its communities were assigned in encomienda; among those who held rights there was the Franciscan bishop Juan de Zumárraga.