Quezaltepeque, El Salvador

Quezaltepeque is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador.

It is located about 15 km from San Salvador.

The word Quezaltepeque is a 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.

People

 * Darwin Cerén (born 1989), Salvadoran footballer who plays for Houston Dynamo FC and the El Salvador national football team
 * Manuel Flores Cornejo (born 1965), Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) 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 Salvadoran Third Division.