Otompan (Nahuatl for "place ofOtomis") orOtumba (theSpanish version of the name) was apre-Columbianaltepetl orcity-state in the upperTeotihuacan Valley (now inMexico).
According to histories written in thecolonial period (16th and 17th centuries), Otompan was created around 1395 whenTechotlalatzin, ruler ofTexcoco, settledOtomirefugees there who were fleeing the conquest ofXaltocan by theTepanecs underTezozomoc.
19°42′N98°45′W / 19.700°N 98.750°W /19.700; -98.750
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