Tenancingo, El Salvador

Tenancingo is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador.

Tenancingo
Municipality
Tenancingo is located in El Salvador
Tenancingo
Tenancingo
Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°50′N 88°59′W / 13.833°N 88.983°W / 13.833; -88.983
Country El Salvador
DepartmentCuscatlán Department
Elevation
1,959 ft (597 m)

Geography

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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

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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,[1] it was bombed by the Salvadoran Air Force, resulting in 40–50 deaths and the populace fleeing.[2][3] 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.[2] Afterward, the FMLN also violated the agreement. By 20 March 1989, the town had 511 registered voters, with half voting in the 1989 election.[3]

Sources

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Peasants return to El Salvador town in defiance of six-year-old civil war". Ottawa Citizen. 24 April 1986. ProQuest 238948780
  3. ^ a b Freed, Kenneth (20 March 1989). "Undercurrent of Fear and a Guerrilla Bomb In Tenancingo, a Peasant Does His Duty". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 280661051