▁Mexican ▁state ▁of ▁Mor el os . ▁The ▁name ▁means ▁In ▁the ▁River ▁of ▁Y ellow ▁Am ates . ▁Am ac uz ac ▁stands ▁at ▁, ▁at ▁a ▁mean ▁height ▁of ▁ 9 0 0 ▁meters ▁( 3 , 0 0 0 ▁ft .) ▁above ▁sea ▁level . ▁The ▁city ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁municipal ▁seat ▁for ▁the ▁surrounding ▁municipality ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁The ▁municipality ▁reported ▁ 1 7 , 7 7 2 ▁inhabitants ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁census ▁and ▁covers ▁a ▁total ▁surface ▁area ▁of ▁ 1 2 5 ▁km ² ▁( 4 8 . 3 ▁miles 2 ). ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Am ac uz ac ▁demonstrate ▁Ol m ec ▁influence . ▁Small ▁be ads , ▁vessels , ▁human ▁figur ines , ▁cer emon ial ▁wh ist les , ▁and ▁stone ▁car v ings ▁have ▁been ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁years ▁ 9 0 0 ▁to ▁ 5 0 0 ▁B CE , ▁coinc iding ▁with ▁the ▁peak ▁of ▁La ▁V enta ▁in ▁Tab as co . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Col onial ▁era , ▁Am ac uz ac ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Mar ques ado ▁del ▁Valle ▁de ▁O ax aca , ▁ ▁Ha ci enda ▁de ▁San ▁Gabriel ▁Las ▁Pal mas . ▁In ▁ 1 5 5 4 ▁Hern an ▁Cort es ▁c eded ▁land ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁church ▁along ▁the ▁highway ▁to ▁A cap ul co . ▁The ▁church , ▁which ▁took ▁three ▁hundred ▁years ▁to ▁build , ▁was ▁founded ▁by