Tochtepec is Barlow's Province 29. The page it was entered on in the
Matrícula is missing. Fortunately, it has survived as folio 46 (recto)
in the Codex Mendoza. The maps and table that follows are from Barlow
(1949).
Location Map. Tochtepec is shown in green.
Barlow's Map of the Province. The dashed black line in the western part
of the map is the boundary between Veracruz in the east and Oaxaca in the
west. The rivers draining to the Gulf of Mexico are the Papaloapan and
its tributaries. Lake Catemaco is shown in the north east sector of the
province.
Tributary Pueblos
- 1. Teotitlan
- 2. Oxitlan
- 3. Tochtepec
- 4. Otlatitlan
- 5. Puctlan ( of Oaxaca)
- 6. Tlacotlapa
- 7. Toztlan
- 8. Ucila#
- 9. Tototepec
- 10. Chinantlan
- 11. Yxmatlatlan
- 12. Coçamaloapa
- 13. Mixtlan
- a. Puctlan (near Alvarado)
- b. Michapan
- ... Ayotzintepec (not located)
- ... Ayoçintepec (not located)
- ... Cuezcomatitla (not located)
- ... Michapan (not located)
- ... Michtlan (not located)
- ... Teteutlan (not located)
- ... Tzinacanoztoc (not located)
- ... Xayaco (not located)
- ... Xicaltepec (not located)
- ... Yaotlan (not located)
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Modern Location
- 1. San Pedro Teutila, Oax.
- 2. Ojitlán, Ver.
- 3. San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, Ver.
- 4. Otlatlán, Ver.
- 5. Putla, Oax. or Rio Alvarado?
- 6. Tlacotalpan
- 7. ?
- 8. Ucila#
- 9. Tepetotutla, Oax.
- 10. Chinantla, Oax. *
- 11. Yxmatlahuacan, Ver.
- 12. Cosamaloapan de Carpio, Ver.
- 13. Mixtán, Oax.
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- ... ?
- ... Çintepec, Ver. *
- ... ?
- ... Michapán, Ver. *
- ... ?
- ... ?
- ... ?
- ... ?
- ... ?
- ... ?
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Key
# Town indicated as a tributary in a source other than the Codex Mendoza.
* Modern location from Castillo Farreras (1997). The appelidos of the
modern place names are also from Castillo Farreras (1997).
? Location uncertain
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