| Tejutepeque | |
| 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: | Cabañas Department |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Total: | 20,000 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone Dst: | -06:00 GMT |
| Coordinates: | 13.85°N -142°W |
| Elevation M: | 694 |
Tejutepeque is a municipality in the Cabañas department of El Salvador.[1] It has a population of 20,000.
Tejutepeque is thought to be one 59 surviving settlements that already existed in 1524 when the Spanish first arrived in what is now El Salvador. It became a municipality in 1847 and was incorporated into Cabañas in 1873, having formerly been part of the Cuscatlán department. It officially became a town in 1879 and a city in 1996.[1]
The name of the municipality is composed of the Nahuat words “tejut” or “texut” meaning “embers”, and “tepec” meaning “hill”.[1]
Each October, the municipality has festivities in honor of its patron saint, Saint Raphael the Archangel. It also holds a special procession on Palm Sunday.[1]