San Juan Tepezontes | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | El Salvador |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in El Salvador |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | El Salvador |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | La Paz |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Coordinates: | 13.6167°N -90°W |
Elevation M: | 723 |
San Juan Tepezontes is a municipality in the La Paz department of El Salvador. Its name is a Hispanicization of a Nawat term meaning "many hills."[2] It was incorporated in 1945.[2] Its population as of 2004 was 3,269.[3]
The town was severely damaged by earthquakes in 1857[2] and twice again in January 2001 and in February 2001.