Editing Tula de Allende (section)

==History==
[[File:TulaSite133.JPG|thumb|left|Image of Toltec ruler in relief from the Tula archeological site]]
[[File:Ruins of the old cathedral, Tula de Allende.jpg|upright|thumb|Ruins of the first Spanish Cathedral in Tula.]]
The name is derived from the Nahuatl phrase Tollan-Xicocotitlan, which means near where [[cattail]]s grow. Tula is the Hispanicized pronunciation of Tollan. In '''[[Otomi people|Otomi]]''' the area is called Namehi, which means “place of many people.” It was given the appendage of “de Allende” in honor of [[Ignacio Allende]] who fought in the [[Mexican War of Independence]].<ref name=encmuc/><ref name=planmuni/>

The area was the capital of one of the major civilizations of [[Mesoamerica]], that of the [[Toltec]]s. The Toltecs rose to power after 713 CE as the successor to [[Teotihuacan]]. The current city is centered just south of the ceremonial center of the ancient city, which is famous for its Atlantean figures. The [[Toltec Empire]] reached as far south as the [[Valley of Mexico]] and its influence has been found in artifacts as far away as the current U.S. Southwest. It is believed that [[aguamiel]] was first extracted around 1100CE, which led to the making of [[pulque]]. The last Toltec ruler was Topilzin Ce-Acatl Quetzalcoatl who came to power in 1085.<ref name=encmuc/><ref name=planmuni/>

According to the [[Codex Mendoza]], the site was conquered under the reign of [[Tizoc]] and subsequently incorporated into the [[Aztec Empire]]

After the [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]], Pedro Miahuazochil was named in 1531 as the lord of Tula helping to evangelize the area.<ref name=encmuc/><ref name=planmuni/>

Tula became a municipality in 1871.<ref name=encmuc/><ref name=planmuni/>

The Tula area was the scene of various battles during the Mexican Revolution, particularly between those loyal to [[Venustiano Carranza]] and those to [[Emiliano Zapata]].<ref name=encmuc/><ref name=planmuni/>