Cutzamala System
Cutzamala may refer to: *Cutzamala de Pinzón, municipality and township in the state of Guerrero, Mexico * Cutzamala (Mesoamerican site), a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site, a fortified garrison settlement in the Postclassic-era Tarascan state *Cutzamala River The Cutzamala River is a river of Mexico. It originates in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Central Mexico in the state of Michoacán. Dams on the upper portion of river provide water to Mexico City, via an aqueduct over the mountains known as t ...

Cutzamala De Pinzón
Cutzamala de Pinzón is a city, and the seat of Cutzamala de Pinzón Municipality, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. As of 2020 the town has a population of 4,717. It is located in the far northwestern part of the state, on the border with Michoacán. Etymology The name Cutzamala comes from a Nahuatl word ''cutzamallot'' meaning "rainbow"; hence, "Place of Rainbows.” It was known to Purepecha speakers as "Apatzingani,” which has the same meaning. An alternative theory suggests it is derived from the Nahuatl word ''cutzamatl,'' meaning "weasel." History 19th Century The first battle in the Tierra Caliente region happened in Cutzamala in 1810. In 1860, during the Reform War, Cutzamala was besieged by the Liberals with a force of 4,500 men in the Siege of Cutzamala. The Liberals eventually won the town. Eutimio Pinzón, often considered the hero of Cutzamala, was the general who defended the town during the Second French Intervention in Mexico The Second French Int ...
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Cutzamala (Mesoamerican Site)
Cutzamala is an archaeological site in the northern Guerrero region of Mexico. During the Postclassic period in Mesoamerican chronology the settlement of Cutzamala served as a garrison outpost of the Tarascan state, and according to ethnohistorical sources such as the ''Relaciones geográficas'' was stationed with a contingent of up to ten thousand Purépecha warriors during the period of conflict between the Purépecha and the Aztec Empire The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance ( nci, Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, Help:IPA/Nahuatl, �jéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥ was an alliance of three Nahua peoples, Nahua altepetl, city-states: , , and . These three city-states ruled ...."Background"
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