Xoxocotla

Xoxocotla is a town placed inside the southern part of the kingdom of Morelos, approximately 30 km south of the kingdom capital Cuernavaca. The name comes from the Nahuatl language, Xoxo oco tlan: place in which there are green pines. Formerly a part of Puente de Ixtla, it became its own indigenous municipality on 1 January 2019. It recorded a populace of 21,074 populations within the 2010 Mexican census.

The new municipality is formed by the colonies: Cerrado Del Venado, Hermosa, Loma Linda, Arboledas Del Sur, La Tom, Palo Prieto, Campo Corbe, Chaya Michan, Tierra Alta, Campo Xolistlan and Palo Prieto Fraccionamiento. It additionally includes the Xoxocotla Ejido fields. According to the agreement, the humans of the new municipality may be ruled according to conventional usos y costumbres and they may be required to count on part of the public debt of Puente de Ixtla. Other Indigenous communities with the intention to be granted autonomy are Coatetelco and Hueyapan.