Santa Maria Ahuacatitlán is a village in the municipality of

Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...

, in the state of

Morelos Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...

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. Ahuacatitlán means "place among aguacates" (avocados).

Location

Santa Maria Ahuacatitlán is located north of the city of Cuernavaca in Morelos. It borders

Huitzilac Huitzilac is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at 19°01′42″N 99°16′02″W and at an altitude of 2,561 m (8,402 ft) above sea level. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding munic ...

and villages such as San Pedro Huertas to the north. On its eastern borders are the towns of Chamilpa and Ocotepec. To the south is Buena Vista, and to the east is Colonia del Bosque. From

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, the village can be reached by the Federal Mexico - Cuernavaca highway.

History

According to records of the city of

, Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan was formed when a portion of inhabitants of Cuernavaca fled the main city upon the approach of

Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions o ...

. Gregorio Lemercier (1912-1987), founds the monastery of Santa María de la Resurrección in 1952. The state of Morelos and the city of Cuernavaca were hit hard by the

COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to hav ...

. On May 22, 2020, Santa María Ahuacatitlán reported six confirmed cases of infection. On June 6, the ''Comité Municipal de Contingencia COVID-19'' (CMCC-19) listed the Centro, Antonio Barona, Alta Vista, Lomas de Ahuatlán, and Santa María Ahuacatitlán as the neighborhoods with the most infections. Santa María Ahuacatitlán was included in the list of high-risk neighborhoods during the pandemic in December 2020.

Famous people

Genovevo de la O Genovevo de la O (January 3, 1876 – June 12, 1952) was an important figure in the Mexican Revolution in Morelos. He was born in Santa María Ahuacatitlán, Morelos,Genovevo de la O accessed Dec 28, 2018 to sharecropper parents. He was ...

(1876–1952) was born in Santa María Ahuacatitlán. He fought with

Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...

and organized the

Siege of Cuernavaca A siege () . is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault. Siege warfare (also called siegecrafts or poliorcetics) is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict characte ...

in 1914. He was a signer of the Plan de Ayala and fought for peasant rights his entire life. He is buried in Santa María Ahuacatitlán.

References

Populated places in Morelos Nahua settlements {{Morelos-geo-stub

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History

Famous people

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