Ayapango
| Ayapango | |
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| Town & Municipality | |
| Ayapango del Gabriel Ramos Millan | |
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 Ayapango
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| Coordinates: 19°07′35″N 98°48′10″W / 19.12639°N 98.80278°WCoordinates: 19°07′35″N 98°48′10″W / 19.12639°N 98.80278°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | State of Mexico |
| Founded | 1563 |
| Municipal Status | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Pedro Alfonso Sánchez Solares 2013–2015 |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,440 m (8,010 ft) |
| Population (2010) Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 8,864 |
| • Seat | 3,072 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 56760 |
| Area code(s) | 597 |
| Website | (Spanish) [1] |
Ayapango is a small town and municipality located in the southeast portion of the State of Mexico, southeast of Mexico City. Despite the fact that this municipality is distinctly rural, it falls within the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. The town is known for its "French style" (Spanish afrancesado) houses built early in the last century which have names which reflect something of their characteristics. The name Ayapango is derived from "eyapanco" which roughly translates to "place where three irrigation ditches meet." This town has been designated as a "Pueblo con Encanto" (Town with Charm) by the government of the State of Mexico.
The Chichimecas and Teotenancas came into the Valley of Chalco, including what is now Ayapango, in the 12th and 13th centuries. They settled and eventually formed alliances with tribes that were already here. These alliances eventually coalesced into the kingdom of Itztlacozauhcan Amecamecan under a lord named Atonaltzin.
The earliest recorded data concerning Ayapango itself goes back to 1430. It relates to a noble from here by the name of Aquiauhtzin Cuauhquiyahuacatzintli, who authored a song called "The Female Enemy" and made himself famous by singing it at the palace of Axayacatl in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs. Axayacatl was so impressed with the song, he adopted Aquiauhtzin as his own son and gave him inheritance rights.
Sometime after this, records indicate that because of four-year drought, many here sold themselves to the Aztecs as slaves in order to survive. In 1479, winds caused crop damage and earthquakes caused a large number of homes to collapse and a number of landslides in the surrounding mountains.
When Tenochtitlan fell to the Spanish in 1521, Ayapango was under the Aztec jurisdiction of Tenango (del Aire). After the Conquest, the territory was reorganized so that Ayapango fell under the jurisdiction of Amecameca, which was part of the Chalco region. Ecclesiastically, it was under the Franciscan jurisdiction of Tlalmanalco. Ayapango was evangelized under the direction of Friar Martin de Valencia.
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