Map - Miacatlán

Miacatlán is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Miacatlán in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at 18.77222°N, -99.35472°W.

To the north is the State of Mexico and the municipality of Temixco, to the south Puente de Ixtla, Mazatepec and Tetecala, to the east Xochitepec, and to the west Coatlán del Río and the State of Mexico. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 26,713 inhabitants in the 2015 census. The altitude of Miacatlan is 1,054 meters above sea level and it covers 233,644.30 km2 of territory, and it is 40 km from Cuernavaca.

The toponym Miacatlán comes from a Nahuatl name Mitl (arrow), and Acatl (rod or cane), and Tlan (place), and means "place of abundant reeds for arrows". This is probably in reference to the two lakes in the municipality, Coatetelco and El Rodeo.

The archaeological site of Coatetelco is also in Miacatlan.

The history of the municipality of Miacatlán goes back to the pre-Hispanic era, it was part of a political and religious center, tributary to Xochicalco, but later it belonged to the Cuauháhuac manor. Miacatlán was conquered by the Aztecs, which made it belong to Tenochtitlán. During the colonial period, it was called San Francisco Miacatlán and became part of the Marquesado del Valle de Oaxaca.

In 1823 Miacatlan was part of the municipality of Mazatepec, State of Mexico. When Morelos became a state in 1869, Miacatlán acquired the category of municipality, including the towns of Coatetelco and Palpan de Barandas, the ranches of Nexapa and Ojo de Agua, as well as the Haciendas of Acatzingo, La Nigua, and Miacatlán.

During the Mexican Revolution, General Pedro Ojeda fled to the Hacienda de Miacatlán after the Siege of Cuernavaca (1914). Also General Francisco V. Pacheco was shot on orders of General Emiliano Zapata at El Zapote in 1917.

Abel Espin Garcia of Juntos por Morelos (Together for Morelos coalition) was elected Presidente Municipal (mayor) in the election of July 1, 2018.

The community of Coatetelco became a separate municipality on January 1, 2019.

As of May 4, 2020, there were 505 infections and 59 deaths in the state of Morelos and four confirmed infections from the COVID-19 pandemic in Miacatlan. Schools and many businesses were closed from mid March until June 1. On June 2, Miacatlán reported 14 confirmed cases and two deaths from the virus; the reopening of the state was pushed back until at least June 13. Miacatlán reported 24 cases, 18 recuperations, and four deaths from the virus as of August 31. Thirty-seven cases were reported on December 27, 2020.