Texistepeque (Nawat: Tēksistepēk) is a local district in the municipality of Santa Ana Norte in the Santa Ana department of western El Salvador. It lies in the center of the department, north of Santa Ana and south of Metapán and Masahuat. It was founded by the Poqomam Maya peoples and conquered by the Pipil people of Cuzcatlan until the Spanish conquest. The meaning of its name comes from the Nawat language and means place of eggs or alternatively mountain of eggs; from Nawat teksis (eggs), and tepec or tepet (mountain) which indicates a place name.
Texistepeque (Nawat: Tēksistepēk) is a local district in the municipality of Santa Ana Norte in the Santa Ana department of western El Salvador. It lies in the center of the department, north of Santa Ana and south of Metapán and Masahuat. It was founded by the Poqomam Maya peoples and conquered by the Pipil people of Cuzcatlan until the Spanish conquest. The meaning of its name comes from the Nawat language and means place of eggs or alternatively mountain of eggs; from Nawat teksis (eggs), and tepec or tepet (mountain) which indicates a place name.
==History== The area around Texistepeque was originally populated by the Poqomam Maya and later fell under the dominion of the lords of Cuzcatlan under the altepetl Tecomatan-Texistepeque until the Spanish conquest of El Salvador in the early 16th century. After El Salvador gained its independence from Spain in 1821, it formed part of the Sonsonate Department until that department was split between the newly formed Santa Ana department in 1855.
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