Huitzilopochco

Huitzilopochco
15th Century–1520s
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Common languages	Nahuatl
Religion	Pre-Columbian Nahua religion
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Pre-Columbian
• Established	15th Century
• Incorporated into New Spain	1520s
Succeeded by Viceroyalty of New Spain

Huitzilopochco (sometimes called Churubusco, and other variants) was a small pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl (city-state) in the Valley of Mexico.[1][2] Huitzilopochco was called one of the Nauhtecuhtli ("Four Lords"), alongside Culhuacan, Itztapalapan and Mexicatzinco.[3] The name Huitzilopochco means "place of Huitzilopochtli (a god)" in Nahuatl. The inhabitants of Huitzilopochco were known as Huitzilopochca.

References

1. Berdan, Frances F. (1996). Aztec Imperial Strategies. Dumbarton Oaks. ISBN 978-0-88402-211-4.
2. Horn, Rebecca (1997). Postconquest Coyoacan: Nahua-Spanish Relations in Central Mexico, 1519-1650. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-2773-0.
3. Gibson, Charles (1964). The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, 1519-1810. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0196-9.