Iztepl is the second largest city in Xochimechatl. Iztepl is often described as the oldest settlement on the island, although the accuracy of this depends the interpretation put on certain archaeological evidence. It was almost certainly the first major settlement of the Xochimechatlan ethnic group, however — other early cities were built mostly by the Chitec, in the north. Iztepl was already a prominent trading centre and meeting place at the start of the 15th Century BP, when a warlord named Ichtlapa managed to unify the tribes of the central plains. Some time after Ichtlapa had established his control over most of the island, he returned to Iztepl and "refounded" it, ordering it to be built up into a grand and glorious city. Ichtlapa's control over the area was weak, however, and when h