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'''Quezaltepeque''' is a [[Municipalities of El Salvador|municipality]] in the [[La Libertad Department, El Salvador|La Libertad]] [[Departments of El Salvador|department]] of [[El Salvador]].

It is located about 15 km from [[San Salvador]].

The word Quezaltepeque is a [[Nawat language|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|date=September 2009}}

==People==
* [[Darwin Cerén]] (born 1989), Salvadoran footballer who plays for [[C.D. Águila|C.D Águilla]] and the [[El Salvador national football team]]
* [[Óscar Cerén]] (born 26 October 1991) is a Salvadoran professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador|Primera División]] club [[A.D. Isidro Metapán|Isidro Metapán]] and the [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador national team]].
* [[Manuel Flores (Salvadoran politician)|Manuel Flores Cornejo]] (born 1965),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://manuelchinoflores.com/quezaltepeque-el-lugar-donde-naci/|title=Quezaltepeque, El Lugar Donde Nací|trans-title=Quezaltepeque, The Place I Was Born|language=es|date=1 April 2018|access-date=10 July 2023|work=Manuel El Chino Flores.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816191933/https://manuelchinoflores.com/quezaltepeque-el-lugar-donde-naci/|archive-date=16 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] (FMLN) [[2024 Salvadoran general election|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 [[Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño|Salvadoran Third Division]].

==References==
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{{Commons category|Quezaltepeque, El Salvador}}
{{La Libertad Department}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the La Libertad Department (El Salvador)]]

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