Chiautla de Tapia
Municipality and town in Puebla, Mexico
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| Country | Mexico |
| State | Puebla |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
Chiautla de Tapia is a city and municipality in La Mixteca region of the Mexican state of Puebla.[1] The municipality of Chiautla has a surface area of 685.05 km² which makes it the largest municipality in the state of Puebla. The BUAP has a Regional Section there.
History
In the prehispanic era, Chiautla was the capital of an Aztec strategic province with multiple towns subject to it. Local products included cotton, copal and salt. This last was made from a salt lake designated for commercial purposes, and Chiautla provided salt to several towns in Morelos. The local language was Nahuatl.[2]
