Coixcas describes a
pre-conquest community,
and its inhabitants, located between the modern
Mexican 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. The Coixcas people resisted and repulsed attempts by the
Aztecs to conquer their community. The area was later captured by the
Spanish conquistadores
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.
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
Casta process of the Spanish conquest, the people of Coixcas were merged into the community in Apango.
References
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