Ciudad Ayala is a city in the east-central part of the Mexican state of Morelos.

It is named for Coronel Francisco Ayala who fought with José María Morelos during the 1812 Siege of Cuautla.

[1] The municipality includes towns San Pedro Apatlaco, Anenecuilco, and Tenextepango, which are all larger than Ciudad Ayala.

Prehispanic ruins at Olintepec date back to 1500 BCE, where they reached their peak between 1200 and 1610 CE.

In 1603 Don Nicolas Abad built the hacienda of San Francisco Mapachtlan in 1603.

In 1750, supported by Dominican friars, the people built their own church, called San José de Mapachtlan.

The largest employers are Saint-Gobainl, (glass), Sekurit (windshields), and Continental Automotive Temic (industrial parts and transmissions).

Crops include sugar cane, corn, sorghum, rice, onions, zucchini, and gladiolas.

General Emiliano Zapata and three of his men were assassinated in Chinameca on April 10, 1919, and the hacienda has been transformed into the National Museum of Agrarian Reform Movement.

[21] Other attractions in Ayala include the parish church of San José, whose feast is March 15, and the kiosk.

[6] San Pedro Apatlaco is an agricultural community with 736 hectares (1,819 acres) belonging to 318 producers.

[6] Anenecuilco is an agricultural community with 1,328 hectares (3,283 acres) and 507 farmers who grow sugarcane, corn, sorghum, onions, and gladiolus.

[17] Its holidays are the fifth Friday of Lent, August 8 (birth of Emiliano Zapata); September 29 (Saint Michael the Archangel).

Principal crops are vegetables such as beans, corn, and zucchini, as well as sugar cane.

It is primarily an agricultural community; the most important crops are sugar cane, corn, sorghum, rice, onions, and vegetables, grown on 2,002.4 hectares (4,948 acres).

[1] Other communities are: The municipality of Ayala is located in the central part of the state, between 18°46'North and 98°59'West, at an altitude of 1,220 meters (4,000 ft.) above sea level.

and Yecapixtla, to the south Tepalcingo and Tlaquiltenango; to the east Temoac, Jantetelco, and Jonacatepec; while to the west are Tlaltizapán and Yautepec.

[6] The Ayala River receives water from El Hospital and Calderón ravines, flowing south past Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Olintepec, and Moyotepec, where the waters of the Ahuehueyo ravine join it.

In the east, it crosses the Barranca de la Cuera, the Papayos, the Guayabos, and Tlayecac, then continues south through Jaloxtoc.

The vegetation consists of low deciduous forest, mainly cubatas, casahuates, tulips, amates (Acacia), framboyanes, guamuchil (a thorny tree with red fruit), guaje colorado, mesquite, palo dulce, bonnet, tepejuaje, and fruit trees such as Annona, cherimoya, mamey, plum, and guava.

Mammals include raccoon, badger, rabbit, skunk, armadillo, tlacuache, and coyote.