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The Origins of Omoma Omoma is a native word that comes from the Lenca Tribe. The Lencas were one of the native Indian cultures that lived in Central America before the Spanish conquest, along with the Mayans and other smaller cultures. Omoma was the name given to a Lenca settlement that was situated on the Cacahuatique Mountain. The settlement was governed by cacique Omomatzitl. Cacique is the Lenca word for tribal leader. When the Spanish arrived this land was known as the empire of Omoma. The land was renamed Ciudad Barrios for the Spanish General Gerardo Barrios who brought coffee plants to the land in 1835 and built the first coffee mill in El Salvador in the Lencan land of Omoma. The original name for the land, Omoma, is now the name of our Fincas, or plantations, which is located on the same lands that were once the empire of Omoma.
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