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Santa Tecla

American  
[san-tuh tek-luh, sahn-tah te-klah] / ˈsæn tə ˈtɛk lə, ˈsɑn tɑ ˈtɛ klɑ /

noun

  1. a city in SW El Salvador, just SW of San Salvador.


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Santa Tecla Mayor Henry Flores said the crews had destroyed nearly 80 tombstones in the municipal cemetery and erased gang-related graffiti.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

María’s son, José Luis, was one of those detained at random, while he and his mother were at their home in Santa Tecla, near San Salvador, the capital.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2022

A barber works at Sevilla Barber Shop where Bitcoin is accepted as a payment method, in Santa Tecla, El Salvador September 6, 2021.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2021

He held my daughter in his arms when he visited Santa Tecla.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2018

It is called the "Chapel of Santa Tecla."

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong

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