| Talnique | |
| 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 Libertad |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | COALICIÓN GANA-NUEVAS IDEAS - Alexander Cabrera |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 11.475 |
| Population As Of: | 2013 |
| Population Note: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 9160 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | CST (GMT-6) |
| Coordinates: | 13.6667°N -113°W |
| Elevation M: | 884 |
Talnique is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. The town is built atop a mountain with only one access road. The people rely on a combination of coffee farming and tourism.
The town of Talnique has Pre-Columbian origins. In the year 1550 it had approx. 550 inhabitants.[3]
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).[4]