 At the time of the Spanish conquest, the Spanish town of Pochutla was founded by Pedro Molina, Isidro Salinas, Julio Diaz and others, initially with the name of Huehuetan.The locals were converted to Christianity and the first church was founded just south of the modern town and called San Pedro Huehuetán Laguna.Much of the modern city is built on what was a lakebed.