Brief history In 1518 it was called Alvarado in honor of the conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, who participated in the organization of the Town Hall of Villa Rica. According to some authors, it was a population with a deep Olmec influence, a culture that extended from the Grijalva River to the Papaloapan River. Another version is that the Totonacs who came from the north of our state also left traces as they passed through the municipality, this was after the Olmec, the stele found in the Macuile lagoon reveals this fact. Before the arrival of the Spanish the place that today is occupied by the Alvaradeña community was inhabited by various indigenous groups, to prove this success, reference is made to the artificial wall that runs parallel to the lagoon, to the south of the city, formed of clay and oyster shells known as "El cerro de las conchas". These promontories were raised as a dam to prevent flooding from the Blanco and Papaloapan rivers. During the expansion of the Aztec empire, it was called Atlizíntla, which means "next to abundant water". Currently its name is due to the conqueror Pedro de Alvarado.
