Between 7,000 and 12,000 years ago, the people of this area gradually became sedentary, forming villages, and initiating agriculture based on corn, beans, squash and chili peppers.

[2] After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, Gonzalo de Sandoval took control of the valley with ease, as the native Matzalincas saw the Spaniards as a way to protect themselves from the Purépecha.

The population of the town joined with the insurgency in 1810 and many fought against royalist general Juan Bautista de la Torre as part of Miguel Hidalgo’s army.

In return, the village asked for legal title to the land on which it sits, as the La Gavia Hacienda still made claims here.

He worked here for over twenty years, instructing natives on carpentry, introduced potable water and building houses which were donated to families in the municipality.

He died in 1868 in what is now Valle de Bravo, but his remains were brought back to Amanalco and buried in the parish church.

For this reason, the residents joined the forces of Andrés Fabila during the Mexican Revolution, who were aligned with the Zapatistas.

However, the war had the effect of returning lands seized by the La Gavia Hacienda back to the indigenous and mestizo peoples of the municipality and the formation of ejidos.