Tenancingo, El Salvador

Tenancingo
Municipality
Tenancingo Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°50′N 88°59′W
Country	El Salvador
Department	Cuscatlán Department
Elevation	1,959 ft (597 m)

Tenancingo is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador.

Geography

Tenancingo is located approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from the deviation of the Pan-American Highway from which it is accessed via a paved road. (Approximately 2–3 kilometers (1.2–1.9 mi) of that road are gravel).

History

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]

Sources

1. Mejia, Brittany (9 January 2020). "A civil war in El Salvador tore them apart. Their high school reunion brought them back together". Los Angeles Times.
2. "Peasants return to El Salvador town in defiance of six-year-old civil war". Ottawa Citizen. 24 April 1986. ProQuest 238948780
3. Freed, Kenneth (20 March 1989). "Undercurrent of Fear and a Guerrilla Bomb In Tenancingo, a Peasant Does His Duty". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 280661051