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Tejutepeque | |
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Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 13°51′N 88°54′W / 13.850°N 88.900°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | Cabañas Department |
Elevation | 2,277 ft (694 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,000 |
• Summer ( DST) | -06:00 GMT |
Tejutepeque is a municipality in the Cabañas department of El Salvador. [1] It has a population of 20,000.[ citation needed]
Tejutepeque is thought to be one 59 surviving settlements that already existed in 1524 when the Spanish first arrived in what is now El Salvador. It became a municipality in 1847 and was incorporated into Cabañas in 1873, having formerly been part of the Cuscatlán department. It officially became a town in 1879 and a city in 1996. [1]
The name of the municipality is composed of the Nahuat words “tejut” or “texut” meaning “embers”, and “tepec” meaning “hill”. [1]
Each October, the municipality has festivities in honor of its patron saint, Saint Raphael the Archangel. It also holds a special procession on Palm Sunday. [1]
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (April 2024) |
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the corresponding article in Spanish. Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Tejutepeque | |
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Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 13°51′N 88°54′W / 13.850°N 88.900°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | Cabañas Department |
Elevation | 2,277 ft (694 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,000 |
• Summer ( DST) | -06:00 GMT |
Tejutepeque is a municipality in the Cabañas department of El Salvador. [1] It has a population of 20,000.[ citation needed]
Tejutepeque is thought to be one 59 surviving settlements that already existed in 1524 when the Spanish first arrived in what is now El Salvador. It became a municipality in 1847 and was incorporated into Cabañas in 1873, having formerly been part of the Cuscatlán department. It officially became a town in 1879 and a city in 1996. [1]
The name of the municipality is composed of the Nahuat words “tejut” or “texut” meaning “embers”, and “tepec” meaning “hill”. [1]
Each October, the municipality has festivities in honor of its patron saint, Saint Raphael the Archangel. It also holds a special procession on Palm Sunday. [1]