Quezaltepeque, El Salvador
District in La Libertad, El Salvador
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Quezaltepeque is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador.
CountryEl Salvador
Elevation1,401 ft (427 m)
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 Locomotive Museum in Quezaltepeque | |
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  Quezaltepeque Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°50′N 89°16′W | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Department | La Libertad |
| Elevation | 1,401 ft (427 m) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 62,572 |
| 65,721 | |
| • Rank | 23rd in El Salvador |
| • Urban | 53,456 |
| • Rural | 9,116 |
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.[citation needed]
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),[4] 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. It's also home to the Autódromo Internacional El Jabalí.
