Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Santa Tecla is a city in El Salvador. It is the capital of La Libertad Department. The city was named after Saint Thecla.
Santa Tecla was founded as Nueva San Salvador on August 8, 1854. It was the capital of the republic from 1855 to 1859 and became departmental capital in 1865.
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