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Quezaltepeque
Quezaltepeque
Municipality
	Street corner 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)

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.^{[citation needed]}

People

Darwin Cerén (born 1989), Salvadoran footballer who plays for C.D Águilla and the El Salvador national football team
Manuel Flores Cornejo (born 1965),^[1] 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

^ "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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[1] "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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