Ciudad Ayala

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Ciudad Ayala is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at 18°46′N 98°59′W, at a mean height of 1220 metres above sea level.

The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Ayala. The municipality reported 69,381 inhabitants in the year 2000 census. It was previously known as San Francisco Mapachtlan.

The town of Anenecuilco, birthplace of Emiliano Zapata, is in this municipality; so is the Hacienda de San Juan, near the town of Chinameca, where he was betrayed and assassinated. Ayala itself is mostly known for giving the name to Emiliano Zapatas manifesto: the Plan of Ayala.

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