Archaeological finds show that it was inhabited by village communities 8500 years before Christ. He had a major role in the process of domestication and cultivation of plants. In Tehuacán found the oldest fossil of corn in the world.
In 1454 Moctezuma invaded and conquered the place to be a strategic point for further conquests. The population fled to the hill Colorado where they were finally defeated , and after the defeat of the Aztecs the August 13, 1521 was submitted to the Spanish.
On 16 March 1660 the Indians to the Spanish crown bought the title of "City Indians" under the name of Our Lady of Conception and Cave.
During the War of Independence was the headquarters of several leaders like Jose Maria Morelos, Nicolás Bravo, Manuel Mier y Teran, besides hosting the Congress of Anáhuac in the Cathedral Church.
On August 31, 1884, issued by decree H. State Legislature, and to honor the memory of Don Juan Crisostomo Bonilla was designated "Tehuacán de John Chrysostom Bonilla ".
Currently Tehuacán is also known as the grenades and their springs as Tehuacan City Health.
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