Not to be confused with Culhuacan.
Acolhuacan or Aculhuacan (Nahuatl: ācōlhuahcān;[1] pronounced [aːkoːlˈwaʔkaːn]) was a pre-Columbian province in the east of the Valley of Mexico, inhabited by the Acolhua. Its capital was Texcoco (Tetzcoco). Other altepetl (city-states) in Acolhuacan included Coatl Ichan, Ecatepec, Teotihuacan, and Tepetlaoztoc.
Notes
- ^ Karttunen (1983): p. 3.
References
- Gibson, Charles (1956). "Llamamiento General, Repartimiento, and the Empire of Acolhuacan". The Hispanic American Historical Review 36 (1): 1–27. doi:.
- Karttunen, Frances (1983). An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl. Austin: University of Texas Press.
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