Yucuaiquín
Sign in to saveYucuaiquin is a municipality in La Unión Department of El Salvador, located on the slopes of Cerro La Cruz.
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- Parish church of Yucuaiquin
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- Land of Fire
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- (A paradise in the Land of Fire)
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Yucuaiquin is a municipality in La Unión Department of El Salvador, located on the slopes of Cerro La Cruz.
==Name== Yucuaiquin is a native word derived from two words in the Lenca language known as Potón: "Yuku", which means fire, and "Aykin", which means land or town; so the name can be interpreted as "Fire Land", according to historian Jorge Lardé y Larín. Historically, the name spelling has evolved from Yncuayquín in 1549 to Inquiaquín (1573), Yoayquín (1577), Yocoaiquín (1689) and later to Jucuaiquín or Yucquín.
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