Intipucá

Intipucá
Municipality
Nickname(s): Intipuca City
Intipucá
Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°12′N 88°3′W / 13.200°N 88.050°W / 13.200; -88.050Coordinates: 13°12′N 88°3′W / 13.200°N 88.050°W / 13.200; -88.050
Country  El Salvador
Department La Union Department
Elevation 331 ft (101 m)

Intipucá is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador.

Etymology

Intipucá is a cognate of Intibucá of neighboring Honduras, an alternate spelling of the same term in Lenca language. However, due to historical savagery, indigenous are neither recognized nor self identified in El Salvador.[1]

References

  1. Author Chapin Mac. "The 500,000 Invisible Indians of El Salvador". Cultural Survival. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
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