Coixtlahuaca

This article is about the pre-Columbian state. For other uses, see Coixtlahuaca (disambiguation).

Coixtlahuaca (Chocho: Nguichee; Mixtec: Yodzocoo; Nahuatl: Coaixtlahuacan) was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican state in the Mixteca Alta (now San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca). 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.^[3]

Coixtlahuaca Nguichee Yodzocoo Coaixtlahuacan
1080–1490[1]
Capital	Coixtlahuaca
Common languages	Chocho Mixtec Nahuatl
Religion	Mesoamerican
Government	Monarchy
History
• Established	1080
• Incorporated into the Aztec Empire	1490[2]
Succeeded by Aztec Empire

Atonal's death and the conquest of Coixtlahuaca, in the Aztec Codex Mendoza.

Dominican Convent in San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca, Oaxaca

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.

See also

• Atonal II