Acatlán is a Nahuatl place name that means In the cane field or place of reeds. It is the name of the following geographic features: Acatlán, municipality of the state of Hidalgo. Acatlán, municipal seat of Acatlán. Acatlán, municipality of the state of Puebla. Acatlán de Osorio, municipal seat of Acatlán. Acatlán, municipality of the state of Veracruz of Ignacio de la Llave. Acatlán, from the state of Guerrero. Acatlán de Juárez, municipality of the state of Jalisco. Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa, municipality of the state of Oaxaca. Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa, locality of the state of Oaxaca. The Acatlán Valley, in the state of Puebla. The Acatlán river, in the state of Puebla and Oaxaca.
San Luis Acatlán, municipality of the state of Guerrero. It is also the name of a faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico located in Santa Cruz Acatlán, from where it takes its name: Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán.