Description of Cempoala and surrounding towns located in the Archdiocese of Mexico. Census was signed by Luis de Obregón. Document details Cempoala's local jurisdiction, etymology of names, systems of governances, and local hierarchy and customs. Three other cabeceras are mentioned: Tlaquilpa, Tzaquala, and Tecpupan. Additionally, the census lists Mexicana as the spoken language, churches and hospitals. Also included is a visual representation of the landscape, known as a pintura or map. This is one of a series of responses to a political and cultural survey circulated by King Philip II of Spain titled relaciones geográficas, which were gathered between the years 1579-1585.
Creator/Contributor:
Obregón, Luis de (signer), Umana, Juan de (contributor), Osorio, Bartolomé (scribe), Mendoza, Diego de (contributor), Guzmán, Don Francisco de (contributor), Aquino, Don Pablo de (contributor), Ircio, Martín de (contributor), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-11-01
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Indigenous peoples--Mexico--History--Sources, New Spain--Description and travel, New Spain--History--Sources, New Spain--Maps, Manuscript, Spain--Colonies--History--Sources, Mexico--History--16th century--Sources, Manuscripts, Mexican, Pueblos indígenas--México--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Descripción y viaje, Nueva España--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Mapas, Manuscritos, España--Colonias--Historia--Fuentes, México--Historia--Siglo XVI--Fuentes, and Manuscritos, Mexicanos
Time Period Covered:
16th century
Place Name:
Archdiocese of Mexico, Arquidiócesis de México, Zempoala, Hidalgo, Mexico, and Zempoala, Hidalgo, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Hidalgo (state), and Zempoala (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
19.915595, -98.668525
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Cempoala, Epazoyuca, and Tetliztaca
Origin Note:
Collector Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta initially grouped this census with both Tetlistaca and Epazoyuca. This arrangement is visible in their shared cover sheet that is housed with the Cempoala census. The cover sheet lists the three census.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:f87917e2-e3c9-4eb2-a838-51ea2975c655
Local:
JGI-XXV-10_Cempoala_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)
Related Resource - Other:
Pintura de Cempoala (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:b35a74c8-358b-4192-8c61-9668332985dd (uri)