Ciudad Ayala is a city in the east-central part of the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Morelos
Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...
. It is named for Coronel
Francisco Ayala who fought with
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón () (30 September 1765 – 22 December 1815) was a Mexican Priesthood in the Catholic Church, Catholic priest, statesman and military leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming it ...
during the 1812
Siege of Cuautla
The siege of Cuautla was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred from 19 February through 2 May 1812 at Cuautla de Morelos, Cuautla, Morelos. The Spanish Royalist (Spanish American Revolution), royalist forces loyal to the ...
. The town's previous name was ''Mapachtlan''. Ayala became a municipality on April 17, 1869.
Ciudad Ayala had a population of 6,190 inhabitants in 2005, and 6335 in 2020.
[Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2020]
/ref> The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Ayala, had a population of 85,521 inhabitants in 2015 and it has an area of and 89,834 in 2020.[ The municipality includes towns ''San Pedro Apatlaco'', '']Anenecuilco
Anenecuilco (Nahuatl: "Place where the water twists back and forth") is a town in the municipality of Ayala, Morelos, Mexico. As of 2021, it has a population of 11,227. Anenecuilco is known as the birthplace of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapa ...
'', and ''Tenextepango'', which are all larger than Ciudad Ayala. The city was previously known as ''San Francisco Mapachtlan'' but was renamed in 1868 to honor Francisco Ayala (1760–1812), who was the first leader in the modern state of Morelos to join the Cry of Dolores
The Cry of Dolores () occurred in Dolores Hidalgo, Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the pronunciamiento, call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Indep ...
in 1810.
The town of Anenecuilco
Anenecuilco (Nahuatl: "Place where the water twists back and forth") is a town in the municipality of Ayala, Morelos, Mexico. As of 2021, it has a population of 11,227. Anenecuilco is known as the birthplace of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapa ...
, birthplace of Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...
, is within this municipality; as is the ''Hacienda de San Juan'', near the town of Chinameca, where he was betrayed and assassinated. Ayala itself is best known for giving the name to Emiliano Zapata's manifesto: the Plan of Ayala
The Plan of Ayala (Spanish: ''Plan de Ayala'') was a document drafted by revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution. In it, Zapata denounced President Francisco Madero for his perceived betrayal of the revolutionary ideal ...
.
History
Prehispanic ruins at ''Olintepec'' date back to 1500 BCE
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, where they reached their peak between 1200 and 1610 CE. The people of Olintepec were Tlahuica
Matlatzinca is a name used to refer to different Indigenous peoples in Mexico, Indigenous ethnic groups in the Toluca Valley in the México (state), state of México, located in the central highlands of Mexico. The term is applied to the ethnic gro ...
s. Other ruins have been found at Tlayecac.
In 1603 Don ''Nicolas Abad'' built the hacienda of ''San Francisco Mapachtlan'' in 1603. Twelve years later this was elevated to a ''congregación.'' In 1750, supported by Dominican friars, the people built their own church, called ''San José de Mapachtlan.'' This was dependent upon Cuautla, Morelos
Cuautla (, meaning "where the eagles roam"), officially La heroica e histórica Cuautla, Morelos (''The Heroic and Historic Cuautla, Morelos'') or H. H. Cuautla, Morelos, is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos, about 104 kilome ...
, (formally called ''Cuautla de Ampilas'') and in 1834 it became a ''pueblo.'' In 1868 it became a ''municipalidad'' of the State of Mexico
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, district of Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
, and changed its name to ''Villa de Ayala'' in honor of Francisco Ayala, a leader of the Mexican War of Independence
The Mexican War of Independence (, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional ...
. Ayala became a ''Centro de Poblacion'' (Population Center) on March 17, 1976.COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
The virus was confirmed to hav ...
, as of April 27, 2020, and five cases were reported in Ayala. Schools and many businesses were closed from mid March until June 1. The municipal president, Isaac Pimentel Mejía, led an effort to distribute 10,000 food baskets to families in remote areas of the municipality. On June 2, Ayala reported 44 confirmed cases and five deaths from the virus; the reopening of the state was pushed back until at least June 13. Ayala reported 264 cases, 205 recuperations, and 34 deaths as of August 31. There were 373 cases reported on December 27, 2020.
Famous residents
*Coronel Francisco Ayala (Mexican Insurgent) (1760–1812) was the first Insurgent leader from Morelos.
*Eufemio Zapata
Eufemio Zapata Salazar (1873 in Ciudad Ayala – June 18, 1917, in Cuautla, Morelos) was a participant in the Mexican Revolution and the brother of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. He was known as a womanizer, a macho man, and a very h ...
(1873–1917), the brother of Emiliano Zapata. He was killed by Sidronio Camacho Sidronio Camacho was one of the soldiers of Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution and the killer of Emiliano's brother, Eufemio.
On June 18, 1917, Camacho killed Emiliano's brother, Eufemio Zapata, who had beaten up Camacho's father, at th ...
, one of Zapata's commanders, because Eufemio had become drunk and beat and insulted Camacho's father.
*General Pablo Torres Burgos
Pablo is a masculine given name, the Spanish form of the name Paul.
People
* Pablo Acha (born 1996), Spanish archer
* Pablo Alarcón (born 1946), Argentine actor
* Pablo Alborán (born 1989), Spanish singer
* Pablo Aimar (born 1979), Argentine ...
(1877–1911). Torres Burgos founded the liberation club called ''Melchor Ocampo
Melchor Ocampo (4 January 1814 – 3 June 1861) was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and politician. A zambo and a radical liberal, he was fiercely anticlerical, perhaps an atheist, and his early writings against the Catholic Church in Mexico gaine ...
'' in 1909 and became a general in 1911. He is remembered for the phrase, "Down with the haciendas! Long live the people!"[
*General Emiliano Zapata Salazar (1879–1919) was the leader of the agrarian movement who proposed the Plan de Ayala. Born in Anencuilco, he was assassinated in Chinameca. He is remembered for the slogan, "Land and Liberty."][
*]Otilio Montaño Sánchez
Otilio Edmundo Montaño Sánchez (December 13, 1877 in Villa de Ayala, Morelos – May 18, 1917 in Buenavista de Cuéllar, Guerrero) was a Zapatista general during the Mexican Revolution.
Otilio Montaño was born in Morelos to Esteban Montaño ...
(1887–1917) was the ideologue behind the Plan de Ayala
The Plan of Ayala (Spanish: ''Plan de Ayala'') was a document drafted by revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution. In it, Zapata denounced President Francisco Madero for his perceived betrayal of the revolutionary ideal ...
. He was a ''Zapatista'' general who became the Minister of Public Education and Fine Arts in 1914.[ He was executed for betraying the ]Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...
in 1917.
Munincipal presidents
Presidents of Ciudad Ayala, 1922–present
Economy
The Cuautla Industrial Park, located in Ayala, covers and is the second largest in Morelos. Most of the companies are related to the automotive industry. The largest employers are ''Saint-Gobainl'', (glass), ''Sekurit'' (windshields), and ''Continental Automotive Temic'' (industrial parts and transmissions).
Agriculture is the dominant occupation. Crops include sugar cane, corn, sorghum, rice, onions, zucchini, and gladiolas. Cattle, sheep, horses, and poultry are raised. Tourism is also important.
Tourist attractions
The archaeological ruins of ''Olintepec'' in Ciudad Ayala date from 1500 BCE
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to 1610 CE, although its peak was from 1200 to 1610 CE. The people paid tribute to Huaxtepec (Oaxtepec), the Mexica
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s, and the Texcocanos. ''Tlayecac'' has Prehispanic paintings and a small pyramid. The novel ''Tiro al vuelo'' by Alejandro Volnie is set in the village. The 1962 movie ''Pueblito,'' directed by Emilio Fernández
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (; 26 March 1904 – 6 August 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best know ...
was filmed there.
There are ex-haciendas in Tenextepango and Coahuixtla as well as Chinameca. General Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...
and three of his men were assassinated in Chinameca on April 10, 1919, and the hacienda has been transformed into the ''National Museum of Agrarian Reform Movement''. There is also a large statue of Zapata on the property.
Other attractions in Ayala include the parish church of San José, whose feast is March 15, and the kiosk.
Communities and holidays
''San Pedro Apatlaco'' is an agricultural community with 736 hectares (1,819 acres) belonging to 318 producers. The most important crops are onions, beans, and corn. Dairy cattle are raised. There is small-scale commerce and industry. Apatlaco has a population of 13,032.[ The distance from Ciudad Ayala is approximately two kilometers.]Candlemas
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) and June 29 (Saint Peter
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).Lent
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, August 8 (birth of Emiliano Zapata); September 29 (Saint Michael the Archangel
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).[
''Tenextepango'' is an agricultural community. Principal crops are vegetables such as beans, corn, and zucchini, as well as sugar cane. 1,039 hectares are cultivated by 456 producers. Trade is another important activity, as well as tourism since its annual fair is one of the most important in the area. It has a population of 8,835 inhabitants][ and its distance to Ciudad Ayala head is 6 km.]James, son of Zebedee
James the Great ( Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: ''Iákōbos''; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: ''Yaʿqōḇ''; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was the second of the apostles t ...
).[ and is located 60 km (37.3 miles) from Cuernavaca and 6 km (3.7 miles) from Cuautla. It is primarily an agricultural community; the most important crops are sugar cane, corn, sorghum, rice, onions, and vegetables, grown on 2,002.4 hectares (4,948 acres). Cattle, goats, horses, and poultry are raised. Commerce and tourism are also important to the economy.]Saint Joseph
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) and December 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe
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).[ Onions, corn, and sorghum are grown on 1,195 hectares by 295 farmers. Cattle, goats, and horses are raised. It is 15 km (9.3 miles) from Ciudad Ayala.]Mark the Evangelist
Mark the Evangelist (Koine Greek, Koinē Greek: Μᾶρκος, romanized: ''Mârkos''), also known as John Mark (Koine Greek, Koinē Greek language, Greek: Ἰωάννης Μᾶρκος, Romanization of Greek, romanized: ''Iōánnēs Mârkos;'' ...
) is its local holiday.[
Other communities are:
*Chinameca, 3,149 inhabitants][
*Huitzililla, 2,878 inhabitants][
*San Juan Ahuehueyo, 2,547 inhabitants][
*Constancio Farfán (La Pascuala), 2,148 inhabitants][
*Abelardo L. Rodríguez, 2,072 inhabitants][
*Colonia las Arboledas, 1,850 inhabitants][
*Olintepec, 1,656 inhabitants][
*San Vicente de Juárez (Las Piedras), 1,485 inhabitants][
*Unidad Habitacional 10 de Abril, 1,460 inhabitants][
*El Salitre, 1,355 inhabitants][
*Fraccionamiento Huertas de Cuautla, 1,292 inhabitants][
*Unidad Habitacional Mariano Matamoros, 1,069 inhabitants][
*Other communities with fewer than 1,000 people each
]
Geography
Location
The municipality of Ayala is located in the central part of the state, between 18°46'North and 98°59'West, at an altitude of 1,220 meters (4,000 ft.) above sea level. To the north are the municipalities of Yautepec, Cuautla. and Yecapixtla
Yecapixtla ( ) is a town and municipality located in the northeast of the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Yecapixtla means, ''Land of men and women with sharp noses''. The town is home to one of the monastery complexes associated with the Mona ...
, to the south Tepalcingo
Tepalcingo is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos. It at . The name Nahuatl root ''tekpa-tl'' (flint), ''tzintli'' (saves honor), ''tzinco'' (back of an individual), so in sum it means ''tekpatzinko'' "down or behind the flints".
Tepalcingo ...
and Tlaquiltenango
Tlaquiltenango is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is south of Mexico city and southeast of Cuernavaca, the state capital via Mexican Federal Highway 95D.
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with ...
; to the east Temoac
Temoac is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos.
The town serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. Temoac comes from Nauhtl and means ''Temog-a'' (descend), ''Atl'' (water), ''Ko'' (adverb of ...
, Jantetelco
Jantetelco, officially Jantetelco de Matamoros, is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos.
. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 17,238 inhabitants in the year 2015 ce ...
, and Jonacatepec
Jonacatepec de Leondro Valle is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 15,690 inhabitants in the year 2015 census.
The name ''J ...
; while to the west are Tlaltizapán
Tlaltizapán de Zapata is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos.
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The toponym ''Tlaltizapán'' comes from a Nahuatl name and means ''tlal-tli'' ( ...
and Yautepec. It is approximately 60 km from Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
.[ and 117 km (73 miles) south of Mexico City.
]
Relief
Ayala is part of the fertile valley of the ''Plain of Amilpas''. The most important hills are ''El Tenayo, El Aguacate, El Jimil'' and ''Cerro Prieto'' each has an altitude of about 1,500 meters (4920 ft.) above sea level.[
]
Waterways
The Ayala River receives water from El Hospital and Calderón ravines, flowing south past Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Olintepec, and Moyotepec, where the waters of the Ahuehueyo ravine join it. In the east, it crosses the Barranca de la Cuera, the Papayos, the Guayabos, and Tlayecac, then continues south through Jaloxtoc. Downstream it joins the Cuautla River, which continues through San Vicente de Juárez and Tecomalco, to flow into the Amacuzac River
The Amacuzac River is located in Morelos, Mexico and it is the most important river of this state being approximately 60 km long. It originates in the slopes of Nevado de Toluca and empties southwards into the Balsas River. It bisects the Si ...
, a branch of the Balsas River
The Balsas River (Spanish Río Balsas, also locally known as the Mezcala River, or Atoyac River) is a major river of south-central Mexico.
The basin flows through the states of Guerrero, México, Morelos, and Puebla. Downstream of Ciudad Alt ...
. There are also small springs such as Axocoche, El Colibrí, and El Platanal. There is a dam in Palo Blanco.[
]
Climate
Ayala has a warm subhumid climate. Its average annual rainfall is 800 mm. (31") and it has an average annual temperature of 24 °C (75 °F). Prevailing winds blow from northeast to southwest.
Flora and fauna
The vegetation consists of low deciduous forest, mainly cubatas, casahuates, tulip
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s, amates (''Acacia
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''), framboyanes, guamuchil (a thorny tree with red fruit), guaje colorado, mesquite
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, palo dulce, bonnet, tepejuaje, and fruit tree
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s such as ''Annona
''Annona'' or Anona (from Taíno ''annon'') is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpaw/ sugar apple family, Annonaceae. It is the second largest genus in the family after '' Guatteria'', containing approximately 166 '', cherimoya
The cherimoya (''Annona cherimola''), also spelled chirimoya and called chirimuya by the Quechua people, is a species of edible fruit-bearing plant in the genus ''Annona'', from the family Annonaceae, which includes the closely related sweetsop ...
, mamey, plum
A plum is a fruit of some species in Prunus subg. Prunus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus'.'' Dried plums are often called prunes, though in the United States they may be labeled as 'dried plums', especially during the 21st century.
Plums are ...
, and guava
Guava ( ), also known as the 'guava-pear', is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. The common guava '' Psidium guajava'' (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), nativ ...
.
Animal life is also very varied. Mammals include raccoon
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, badger
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, rabbit
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, skunk
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, armadillo
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, tlacuache
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, and coyote
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. Birds include magpie
Magpies are birds of various species of the family Corvidae. Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the world's most intelligent c ...
, buzzard
Buzzard is the common name of several species of birds of prey.
''Buteo'' species
* Archer's buzzard (''Buteo archeri'')
* Augur buzzard (''Buteo augur'')
* Broad-winged hawk (''Buteo platypterus'')
* Common buzzard (''Buteo buteo'')
* Easte ...
, owl
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, and sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk (sometimes sparrow hawk) may refer to several species of small hawk in the subfamily Accipitrinae
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. There are iguanas
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and scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the Order (biology), order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of Chela (organ), grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward cur ...
s. Fish include catfish
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and mojarra
The mojarras are a family, Gerreidae, of fish in the order Perciformes. The family includes about 53 species found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate regions. They mostly inhabit coastal salt and brackish waters, although some occur in fre ...
.
References
External links
Ayuntamiento de Ayala
Official website of Municipality of Ayala
Gobierno del Estado de Morelos
Official website of State of Morelos
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Municipalities of Morelos
Populated places in Morelos
Populated places established in 1603