Where did the aztecas originate?

Question

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Answer 1

The origin of the aztec was in a small valley just to the north west of Mexico City, in central Mexico.
Recent discoveries by archaeologists in Mexico have verified that the aztec originated in Central Mexico, hundreds of miles south of the current US/Mex border, and that the (relatively small) civilization was conquered by the hispanics who arrived in Mexico from Europe, at which time the aztec empire ceased to exist.
At its greatest, the aztec "empire" only covered an area roughly the size of the state of West Virginia, in central Mexico.
No aztec ever lived north of the US/Mex border, or stepped foot on what is now US land.

Answer 2

They called themselves "Chichimecas" and were a wandering hunter gatherer clans whose origins come from the north around the high plains of the Potosi region and at several different times in history managed to reach the valleys where the more sedimentary tribes mid Mexico lived and subsequently became absorbed in several civilizations such as Teotihuacan I and Teotihuacan ll and later the Mexica city of Tenochtitlan ultimately called the Aztecan Empire by the Spanish.

Answer 3

In South America

Answer 4

They claim to have come from "Aztlan", which is an unidentified location to the N or NW of Mexico City, possibly as far away as the Sonora Desert.