Tualcacán
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Tualcacán | |||||||
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| 1335–1633 | |||||||
 Symbol of Tualcacán
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 View of the Great Temples in Tualcacán | |||||||
.jpg) Painting of Tualcacán Ceremonial Center | |||||||
| Capital | Tualcacán | ||||||
| Common languages | Quepec | ||||||
| Religion | Tuachec religion | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Foundation | 1335 | ||||||
• Formation of the Tuachec Empire | 1400 | ||||||
• Destruction due to the Iberic conquest of Tualcacán | 1633 | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• Estimate | 200,000 | ||||||
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Tualcacán was a large Tuachec town in what is now the historic center of Santa Borbones. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1335 was chosen in 1935 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. The city was built next to what was then Lake Chacamco in the Valley of Santa Borbones. The city was the capital of the expanding Tuachec Empire in the 14th century until it was captured by the Iberics in 1633. At its peak, it was the largest city in the pre-colonial Mesothalassa. Today, the ruins of Tualcacán are in the historic center of the Pecario capital.