Talnique is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
La Libertad department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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of
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
. The town is built atop a mountain with only one access road. The people rely on a combination of coffee farming and tourism.
History
The town of Talnique has Pre-Columbian origins. In the year 1550 it had approx. 550 inhabitants.
General information
The town has an area of about 11.5 sq mi and an altitude of roughly 2,900 ft. They celebrate Saint Luis King of France in the month of August. The name Talnique means "Hill of the Talnetes" or "The place of the wasps of the Earth." In years past Talnique was called "Terlinquetepeque" (1548), "San Luis Talnitepeque" (1740), "Talniquetet" (1770), and finally "Talnique" (1807).
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References
Municipalities of the La Libertad Department (El Salvador)
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