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 of Guerrero, Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerre ...
Guerrero
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, southern
Mexico
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
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. 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.
Toponymy
The name "Ayutla" comes from
Nahuatl
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''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 started on March 1, 1854, and where the Ayutla Plan was announced.