Quezaltepeque, El Salvador
Quezaltepeque | |
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Municipality | |
Locomotive Museum in Quezaltepeque | |
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Quezaltepeque Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°50′N 89°16′W / 13.833°N 89.267°W | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Department | La Libertad |
| Elevation | 1,401 ft (427 m) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
• Total | 62,572[1] |
Quezaltepeque is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador.
It is located about 15 km from San Salvador.
The word Quezaltepeque is a Nahuat word meaning "hills of quetzal." A quetzal is a bird that used to live around the area of Quezaltepeque. High levels of deforestation forced the bird to migrate to other areas.
People
- Darwin Cerén (born 1989), Salvadoran footballer who plays for C.D Águilla and the El Salvador national football team
- Óscar Cerén (born 26 October 1991) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera División club Isidro Metapán and the El Salvador national team.
- Manuel Flores Cornejo (born 1965),[2] Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) 2024 presidential candidate
- Alfonso Quijada Urías (born 1940), poet
- Salvador Sánchez Cerén (born 1944), president of El Salvador (2014–2019)
Sports
The local football club is named Juventud Alegre F.C. and it currently plays in the Salvadoran Third Division.
References
- ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024" (PDF). pp. 117–123. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ "Quezaltepeque, El Lugar Donde Nací" [Quezaltepeque, The Place I Was Born]. Manuel El Chino Flores.com (in Spanish). 1 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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