Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Acalan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Acalan (Chontal Maya: Tamactun, Nahuatl: Acallan) was a Chontal Maya region in what is now southern Campeche, Mexico. Its capital was Itzamkanac. The people of Acalan were called Mactun in the Chontal Maya language.
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2018) |
Cuauhtemoc, ruler of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire, was executed by Hernán Cortés while they were stopped in the Acalan capital of Itzamkanac (modern El Tigre on the right bank of the Candelaria River) in 1525. [1]
Remove ads
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads