Teotepeque
Teotepeque is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. Its geographical coordinates are 13° 35' 7" North, 89° 31' 6" West. The name Teotepeque comes from the Nahuat word for "Mountain of God." Agustín Farabundo Martí Rodríguez, for whom the FMLN or Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front was named, was born in Teotepeque on May 5, 1893.- Type: Town with 9,860 residents
- Description: district in Coastal La Libertad, El Salvador
- Also known as: “Distrito de Teotepeque” and “Teotepeque District”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jicalapa and Chiltiupán.
Jicalapa
Town
Jicalapa is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. Jicalapa is situated 4 km south of Teotepeque.
Chiltiupán
Town
Chiltiupán is a municipality in the La Libertad… Chiltiupán is situated 6 km east of Teotepeque.
Santa Isabel Ishuatán
Town
Santa Isabel Ishuatán is a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. Santa Isabel Ishuatán is situated 8 km northwest of Teotepeque.
Teotepeque
- Categories: district of El Salvador, district of El Salvador, and locality
- Location: La Libertad Department, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude
13.58507° or 13° 35′ 6″ north
Longitude
-89.51773° or 89° 31′ 4″ west
Population
9,860
Elevation
581 metres (1,906 feet)
Open location code
765GHFPJ+2W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Teotepeque” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Teotepeque”
- Basque: “Teotepeque”
- Cebuano: “Teotepeque”
- Chinese: “特奧特佩克”
- Dutch: “Teotepeque”
- French: “Teotepeque”
- Greek: “Τεοτεπέκε”
- Italian: “Teotepeque”
- Japanese: “テオテペケ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Teotepeque”
- Portuguese: “Teotepeque”
- Silesian: “Teotepeque”
- Spanish: “Teotepeque”
- Swedish: “Teotepeque”
- Urdu: “تیوتیپیکے”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Casa de La Cultura de Teotepeque and Alcaldía Municipal de Teotepeque.
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