Huitzilopochco
Huitzilopochco | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
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Huitzilopochco (sometimes called Churubusco, and other variants) was a small pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl (city-state) in the Valley of Mexico. Huitzilopochco was one of the ("Four Lords"), along with Culhuacan, and . The name Huitzilopochco means "place of Huitzilopochtli (a god)" in Nahuatl. The inhabitants of Huitzilopochco were known as Huitzilopochca.
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- 1520s disestablishments in North America
- Altepetl
- States and territories established in the 15th century
- 15th-century establishments in North America
- Mesoamerica stubs