Quezaltepeque is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. It is located about 15 km from San Salvador. The word Quezaltepeque is a Nahuat word meaning "hills of quetzal." A quetzal is a bird that used to live around the area of Quezaltepeque. High levels of deforestation made the bird migrate to other areas. People Alfonso Quijada Urías (born 1940) Poet Salvador Sánchez Cerén (born 1944) President of Salvador 2014-2019 Sports The local football club is named Juventud Alegre F.C. and it currently plays in the Salvadoran Third Division. Notable people Darwin Ceren, Salvadoran footballer who plays for Houston Dynamo who also captains the El Salvador National football team. References Municipalities of the La Libertad Department (El Salvador) Also known as ( San Nuegado El Santo Patron de los Impuestos )