Totolapan

Totolapan is a region in the north of the Mexican province of Morelos, encompassed by the State of Mexico toward the north; toward the south with Tlayacapan and Atlatlahucan; toward the east and southeast with Atlatlahucan; and toward the west with Tlalnepantla. The city fills in as the civil seat for the encompassing region, with which it shares a name. The region detailed 11,992 inhabitants in the year 2015 evaluation.

The toponym Totolapan originates from a Nahuatl name and signifies "flying creatures on water". The full name is Totolapan de Montes de Oca. Fernando de Montes de Oca was a cadet who passed on at the Battle of Chapultepec amid the Mexican–American War in 1849. The Chichimecas were the main pioneers, who called the land Totalapan. Somewhere in the range of 1150 and 1350 the Xochimilcas entered the region, and later by Moctezuma. Totolapan was a piece of the domain of Huaxtepec. Hernan Cortes sent Gonzalo de Sandoval to Huaxtepec Oaxtepec, likewise taking Totolapan in 1519, toward the start of the Spanish Conquest.

After the triumph, the terrains of encomienda were allowed to Diego Olguin in 1536, however when the Marquisate of the Valley of Oaxaca was made, they were added to it. The local population was proselytized by the Augustinians and the Monastery of San Guillermo Abad was worked in 1545 under the authority of Fray Jorge de Avila. This is one of the Monasteries on the slants of Popocatepetl that have been proclaimed World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO.