Mixtec
The Mixtecs (), or Mixtecos, are indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerrero. The Mixtec Cult ...
Guerrero
Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acapulcocopied from article, GuerreroAs of 2020, Guerrero the pop ...
, southern
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on December 23, 2008 As of 2010, its population was 15,370. The city of Ayulta de los Libres is the most populous in its municipality and accounts for about a quarter of the municipality's population.
The Plan of Ayutla was proclaimed here on 1 March 1854.
Name
The name "Ayutla" comes from
Nahuatl
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have small ...
''Ayotlan'' meaning "near the (place of abundance of) tortoises/turtles". The sobriquet "de los Libres" ("of the Free") was added after 1854, because the town was the place where the
Ayutla Revolution Ayutla may refer to:
* Ayutla, San Marcos, a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.
*Ayutla de los Libres, a small town located in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
* Ayutla, Jalisco, a town in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
*San Feli ...
started on March 1, 1854, and where the Ayutla Plan was announced.