Tenancingo, El Salvador
Tenancingo | |
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  Tenancingo Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°50′N 88°59′W / 13.833°N 88.983°W | |
| Country |  El Salvador |
| Department | Cuscatlán Department |
| Elevation | 1,959 ft (597 m) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 6,707 |
| • Rank | 173rd in El Salvador |
| • Urban | 1,646 |
| • Rural | 5,061 |
Tenancingo is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador.
Geography
Tenancingo is located approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from the deviation of the Pan-American Highway from which it is accessed via a paved road. (Approximately 2–3 kilometers (1.2–1.9 mi) of that road are gravel).
History
During the pre-Columbian era, the area was inhabited by the Pipil people, additionally under the jurisdiction of Cuzcatlan.
Being a site of the Salvadoran Civil War between the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front and army around 27 September 1983,[2] it was bombed by the Salvadoran Air Force, resulting in 40–50 deaths and the populace fleeing.[3][4] Following mediation between the rebels and military by Archbishop of San Salvador Arturo Rivera y Damas, the town was declared a "neutral zone" and 200 people's return was facilitated by the Foundation for Development and Minimum Housing. However, local Colonel Oscar Amaya was frustrated and an occupation resulted in one death.[3] Afterward, the FMLN also violated the agreement. By 20 March 1989, the town had 511 registered voters, with half voting in the 1989 election.[4]
Sources
- 1 2 3 "City Population: Check for Humans". City Population. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ Mejia, Brittany (9 January 2020). "A civil war in El Salvador tore them apart. Their high school reunion brought them back together". Los Angeles Times.
- 1 2 "Peasants return to El Salvador town in defiance of six-year-old civil war". Ottawa Citizen. 24 April 1986. ProQuest 238948780
- 1 2 Freed, Kenneth (20 March 1989). "Undercurrent of Fear and a Guerrilla Bomb In Tenancingo, a Peasant Does His Duty". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 280661051
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