Quezaltepeque, La Libertad
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Quezaltepeque is a municipality
in the La Libertad department
of El Salvador
. It is located about 15 km from San Salvador. Quezaltepeque is a modern city that has a little bit of everything, from shops, restaurants to swimming spots. It has one of the largest prisons in El Salvador, which hosts many members from the Mara Salvatrucha
gang.
The word Quezaltepeque is a Nahuat word. It's means hills of Quetzal. A Quetzal is a beautiful bird that used to live around the area of Quezaltepeque. High levels of diforestation made this beautiful bird to migrate to other areas.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the La Libertad department
Departments of El Salvador
||A list of the departments of El Salvador in alphabetical order.Department :# Ahuachapán # Cabañas # Chalatenango # Cuscatlán # La Libertad # La Paz...
of El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. It is located about 15 km from San Salvador. Quezaltepeque is a modern city that has a little bit of everything, from shops, restaurants to swimming spots. It has one of the largest prisons in El Salvador, which hosts many members from the Mara Salvatrucha
Mara Salvatrucha
Mara Salvatrucha is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and suburban areas...
gang.
The word Quezaltepeque is a Nahuat word. It's means hills of Quetzal. A Quetzal is a beautiful bird that used to live around the area of Quezaltepeque. High levels of diforestation made this beautiful bird to migrate to other areas.