Chignahuapan

Chignahuapan is a city positioned within the northern part of the Mexican country of Puebla. In pre Hispanic times, the vicinity occupied by way of the current municipality of Chignahuapan became inhabited by using Totonac peoples from approximately the 7th century AD. C., coming to work out manipulate over the area till the 10th century. However, throughout this period there was coexistence among Totonac, Nahuas, Otomies and Tepehuas. During the conquest of Mexico, Hernan Cortes granted permission to the Chichimeca leader Chichimecuatehuipil to settle within the region. He founded the town of Tetehuitic, monte de piramides, as a domain of worship of the god Mixcoatl.

Later, in 1527, the town of Santiago Chiquinahuitle and nine water eyes, changed into based. Franciscan missionaries quickly arrived and mounted this region as a center of doctrine and evangelization. In 1874 the metropolis becomes named Villa de Chignahuapan. Chignahuapan has been considered a magical metropolis that has legends in its beyond. One of the nice known is that point out to Fray Bernardino de Sahagun for his hydrography in General History of Things in New Spain, where he mentions "a river of hell named Chiconahuapan".