Teotepeque

Teotepeque
Municipality
Official seal of Teotepeque
Teotepeque is located in El Salvador
Teotepeque
Teotepeque
Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°35′7″N 89°31′6″W / 13.58528°N 89.51833°W / 13.58528; -89.51833
Country El Salvador
DepartmentLa Libertad
Elevation
1,644 ft (501 m)

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.