Coapinola, the municipal seat of Ñuu Savi, is the oldest settlement in the area, and was once a centre of
Mixtec local government. The area fell under control of the
Mexica Empire in 1487 and was incorporated into the province of Ayotlán (present-day Ayutla) on the border with
Yopitzinco, the territory of the
Yope people. The perpetual marginalization of the Mixtec inhabitants of Ayutla in the following centuries ultimately led to a political awakening and demands for indigenous self-government. This process began in the 1970s through the efforts of local activists such as
Hilario Ramírez Morales, who was assassinated in 1981. and the massacre of eleven indigenous leaders in El Charco by the
Mexican Army in 1998. Security improved in the area after 2012, when the local community established its own
self-defence group affiliated with the . After more consultation with the local population, on 31 August 2021 the
Guerrero state legislature approved the creation of the municipality of Ñuu Savi comprising the Mixtec communities of Ayutla de los Libres. ==Administration==