Coixtlahuaca Explained

Native Name:Nguichee
Yodzocoo
Coaixtlahuacan
Conventional Long Name:Coixtlahuaca
Common Name:Coixtlahuaca
Government Type:Monarchy
Capital:Coixtlahuaca
Common Languages:Chocho
Mixtec
Nahuatl
Religion:Mesoamerican
Year Start:1080
Year End:1490[1]
Event End:Incorporated into the Aztec Empire
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Coixtlahuaca (Chocho: Nguichee; Mixtec: Yodzocoo; Nahuatl: Coaixtlahuacan) was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican state in the Mixteca Alta (now in Oaxaca, Mexico). Coixtlahuaca was a multi-ethnic polity, inhabited by both Chochos and Mixtecs. In addition to the Chocho and Mixtec languages, Nahuatl was used as a lingua franca. Its name means "plain of snakes". The state also exerted power over the Cuicatecans.[2]

Coixtlahuaca was defeated by the Aztecs under Moctezuma I in the 15th century.

According to Hernán Cortés, envoys of Coixtlahuaca surrendered to the Spanish in September 1520. Coixtlahuaca was incorporated into New Spain as the municipality of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca.

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References

  1. Web site: Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca. 2018-02-17. 2020-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415173307/http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM20oaxaca/municipios/20176a.html. dead.
  2. Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972), p. 54