Çihuatlan is Barlow's Province 1. As can be seen from the location map below, it extends from Acapulco in the east to the mouth of the Rio Balsas in the west. In the Matrícula it is found on page 16, and in the Codex Mendoza on folio 38 (recto). The following maps and table are all from Barlow (1949).
Location Map. The province of Çihuatlan is shown in green
Barlow's Map of the western half of the province of Çihuatlan. The mouth of the Rio Balsas is in the top left corner of the map.
- Barlow's Map of the eastern half of the province of Çihuatlan.
Tributary Pueblos
- 1. Çacatulan
- 2. Apancaleca?
- 3. Yztapan
- 4. Çihuatlan?
- 5. Xihuacan
- 6. Petlatlan
- 7. Xolochiuhyan
- 8. Coyucac
- 9. Panotlan
- 10. Nochcoc
- 11. Citlaltomana#
- 12. Anecuilco#
- 13. Acapulco#
- a. Punta de Iztapa
- b. Bahia de Çihuatanejo
- c. Tepetiztla
- d. Coyuco de Benitez
- e. Chiantepec (?)
- b. Bahia de Çihuatanejo
- ... Colima (not located)
- ... Coçohuipilecan (not located)
- 2. Apancaleca?
Modern Location
- 1. Zacatula, Gro.*
- 2. North of Ixtapa.*
- 3. Ixtapa, Gro.*
- 4. East of Zihuatanejo.*
- 5. East of Zihuatanejo.*
- 6. Petatlán, Gro.
- 7. Jolochuca, Gro.
- 8. Coyoquilla, Gro.
- 9. South of Pantla.*
- 10. Nuxco, Gro.
- 11. Tepetixtla, Gro.
- 12. Near Çeutla, Gro.
- 13. Acapulco, Gro.
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- .. ? For a discussion of Colima's unexpected presence in the tribute list click here.
- ... ?
- 2. North of Ixtapa.*
- 1. Çacatulan
Key
# Town indicated as a tributary in a source other than the Codex Mendoza.
* Modern location from Castillo Farreras (1997).
? Location uncertain