| Tenancingo | |
| 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: | Cuscatlán Department |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Coordinates: | 13.8333°N -147°W |
| Elevation M: | 597 |
Tenancingo is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador.
Tenancingo is located approximately 15km (09miles) from the deviation of the Pan-American Highway from which it is accessed via a paved road. (Approximately 2km-3kmkm (01miles-02mileskm) of that road are gravel).
During the pre-Columbian era, the area was inhabited by the Pipil people, additionally under the jurisdiction of Cuzcatlan.
Being a site of the Salvadoran Civil War between the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front and army around 27 September 1983,[1] it was bombed by the Salvadoran Air Force, resulting in 40–50 deaths and the populace fleeing.[2] [3] Following mediation between the rebels and military by Archbishop of San Salvador Arturo Rivera y Damas, the town was declared a "neutral zone" and 200 people's return was facilitated by the Foundation for Development and Minimum Housing. However, local Colonel Oscar Amaya was frustrated and an occupation resulted in one death.[2] Afterward, the FMLN also violated the agreement. By 20 March 1989, the town had 511 registered voters, with half voting in the 1989 election.[3]