Intipucá

Intipucá
Municipality
Nickname(s): Intipuca City
Intipucá

Location in El Salvador

Coordinates: 13°12′N 88°3′W / 13.200°N 88.050°W / 13.200; -88.050Coordinates: 13°12′N 88°3′W / 13.200°N 88.050°W / 13.200; -88.050
Country  El Salvador
Department La Union Department
Elevation 331 ft (101 m)

Intipucá is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador.

Etymology

Intipucá is a cognate of Intibucá of neighboring Honduras, an alternate spelling of the same term in Lenca language. However, due to historical savagery, indigenous are not recognized nor self-identify in El Salvador.[1]

References


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