Quezaltepeque, La Libertad

Quezaltepeque is a town in the department of La Libertad in El Salvador. The city has 56 181 inhabitants ( 2013) and an area of ​​125.38 km ². It lies at an altitude of 514 meters north of the nature reserve Parque Nacional El Boqueron on the main road Panamericana around 20 kilometers north of San Salvador.

History

The settlement was in the time before Christopher Columbus founded with the name in the Pipil language Cerro del Quetzal. Quetzal is the name of a bird of the genus trogons is indigenous to this region.

In 1550 there were about a thousand Pipilenen, the settlement belonged to the territory of the reign of Kuskatan. Over time, the settlement name changed in Quezaltepec ( 1740 ) after San José Quezaltepeque and after the establishment of the department of La Libertad in 1865, she received the present name Quezaltepeque without the addition of San Jose. In the historical records of the settlement on March 10, 1874 received the title of a villa. 1890 recorded a population of 5,486 inhabitants Quezaltepeque. On April 6, 1905, the city received the title of city (Ciudad Quezaltepeque ).

The volcano El Jabalí broke in the immediate vicinity of the city from last in 1917.

Attractions

  • Autódromo Internacional El Jabali

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Salvador Sánchez Cerén, Member of Parliament and Vice- President of El Salvador
La Libertad Department (El Salvador) Pipil people Señorío of Cuzcatlán
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