Municipio Aculco 4.71

Aculco de Espinoza is a town and the seat of the municipality called Aculco in Mexico State.Aculco de EspinozaHistoryAculco was founded approximately in 1110 AD by the Otomies, despite the fact that its name comes from Nahuatl. After being a village inhabited by Otomies for long time, it became a region dominated by the Mexicas, who lived there many years before the founding of Tenochtitlan.With the arrival of the Spanish in 1540, construction on the church and the convent of San Jeronimo began. In November 1810, Miguel Hidalgo and his contingent, who began the Mexican War of Independence, arrived in the region. Aculco was also where insurgents, led by Don Miguel Hidalgo, lost a battle against the troops of Felix Ma. Calleja.During the nineteenth century, the town hall and the first primary school in the region were constructed. Public baths and a municipal pool were also built.Notable residentsLucas Magos Bárcenas y CornejoAlfonso Díaz de la VegaPablo de San Antonio IndioJuan García, Juan NicolásSotero González MenaJuan Maldonado ChemisoJosé Rafael PoloJosé Trinidad PoloManuel PoloIgnacio Espinoza Martínez Aculco currently has a population of over 40,000 people. On February 19, 1825, it became a municipality. In 1914 and 1915, Aculco was the scene of clashes led by the revolutionaries’ carrancistas, villistas and Zapatistas.