Ometepec
City in the Mexican state of Guerrero
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Ometepec (Mixtec: Yucuvui, 'Two Hills'[1]) is a city and the seat of the municipality of Ometepec, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.[2] Its name derives from the Nahuatl elements ome "two", tepetl "hill", and -c (locative suffix), together meaning "At the Two Hills".
Country
Mexico
MexicoOmetepec | |
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Municipal seat and city | |
  Ometepec Location in Mexico  Ometepec Ometepec (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 16°41′N 98°25′W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | Ometepec |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
History
Ometepec was the capital of a strategic province of the Aztec Empire, which also included towns like Azoyú, San Luis Acatlán, Igualapa and Xochistlahuaca. Resources of the region included cotton, gold and cacao.[3] Ometepec and Igualapa spoke Amuzgo in addition to their own language called Ayacastec, which has since gone extinct without being documented.[4]
