Tenancingo is a

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in the

Cuscatlán department Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original in ...

of El Salvador.

Geography

Tenancingo is located approximately from the deviation of the

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from which it is accessed via a paved road. (Approximately of that road are gravel).

History

The date of first settlement is uncertain. Numerous indigenous artifacts have been found that indicate that the site of the present Tenancingo was populated by Pipil Native Americans in Pre-Columbian times. Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub