Puente de Ixtla is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos

Morelos

Morelos officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 33 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca....

. It stands at 18.617°N 99.323°W.
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported inhabitants 54,149 in the year 2000 census.

History

Puente de Ixtla belonged to the seigniory of Cuernavaca and was thus tributary of the Aztecas.
The village became a place of required passage for the caravans active of Acapulco to Mexico City.
With the creation of the Morelos in 1869, Puente de Ixtla was one of the already existing municipios .
July 12th 1871: annexation of the villages of Xoxocotla, Tehuixtla and of the hacienda of San Jose Vista Hermosa; later, Xoxocotla was attached to the municipio Jojutla.
Between 1913 and 1914 the population of Puente de Ixtla was evacuated because of Revolution, one of the marks of the revolution is missing in the belfry of the Church of San Mateo which was collapsed by a cannon ball.

External links

• http://www.puentedeixtla.gob.mx/
• http://e-municipios.e-morelos.gob.mx/puente_de_ixtla.htm
• http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/morelos/Municipios/17017a.htm
• Puente de Ixtla.com