Coixcas describes a pre-conquest community, and its inhabitants, located between the modern

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towns of

Tixtla Tixtla (formally, Tixtla de Guerrero ) is a town and seat of the Tixtla de Guerrero Municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The name is Nahuatl, and means either "maize dough" ''( masa) ''from ''textli;'' "our valley" from ''to ixtla;' ...

and

Apango Apango (the municipal seat of Mártir de Cuilapán) is a town located in the Mexican state of Guerrero, approximately 35 km away from the state capital Chilpancingo. Nearby, a ruined temple which is the sole evidence of the Coixcas Coixca ...

. The Coixcas people resisted and repulsed attempts by the

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to conquer their community. The area was later captured by the Spanish conquistadores.

Ruins

According to the people of modern Apango, there are few ruins of the ancient settlement, except a small temple three kilometers (2 miles) from the present Atliaca, midway between Apango and Tixtla.

Mestizaje

As part of the

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process of the Spanish conquest, the people of Coixcas were merged into the community in Apango.

References

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