With the arrival of the first Spaniards to the region in 1551 which was inhabited by chichimecas, the call population of "Santa María of Asunción was founded and of the Hot" Waters, in 1656 its name was modified to Tequisquiapan,

Word of origin náhuatl that means "tequesquite place", since is formed by the words tequexquitl: tequesquite; apan: place. Pedro Martínez of Salazar and Pacheco tells us in the report that sends the Viceroy Count of Revillagigedo in 1793.

leaving you to notice for these old names the presence of an element that stands out for their properties and temperature which is the thermal spring wather.