Tlatelolco (altepetl)

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Tlatelolco 1337 – 1521 → Glyph Capital Not specified Language(s) Nahuatl Religion Pre-Columbian Nahua religion Government Monarchy Tlatoani  - 1403–1418 Quaquapitzahuac  - 1418–1426 Tlacateotl  - 1428–1460 Quauhtlatoa  - 1460–1473 Moquihuixtli  - 1475–1520 Itzquauhtzin Historical era Pre-Columbian  - Established 1337  - War with Tenochtitlan 1473  - Spanish conquest 1521

Tlatelolco (sometimes called Xaltelolco) was a pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl (state) in the Valley of Mexico. Its inhabitants were known as Tlatelolca.

Tlatelolco was one of two Mexica altepetl, the other being Tenochtitlan. The Tlatelolca separated from the Tenochca in 1337, 13 years after the foundation of Tenochtitlan.

After the Spanish Conquest in 1521, Tlatelolco became a municipality of New Spain, and was renamed Santiago Tlatelolco. Today its remains are located within Mexico City.