| Potonico | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | El Salvador |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in El Salvador |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  El Salvador |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chalatenango Department |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | South Chalatenango |
| Government Type: | Mayoralty |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Milton Serrano[1] |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 37.73 |
| Population Total: | >2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | 42.04 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | UTC-6 |
| Coordinates: | 13.9667°N -142°W |
| Elevation M: | 261 |
Potonico is a district[2] in the municipality of Southern Chalatenango[3] in the Chalatenango Department of El Salvador. Potonico is limited to the north by San Miguel de Mercedes, to the northwest by San Antonio Los Ranchos, to the east by San José Cancasque, to the southeast by Jutiapa, to the south and southwest by Cinquera, to the west and northwest by San Luis del Carmen. It's 44 km away from the national capital of San Salvador.[4] The district covers an area of 37.73 km² and the centre has an altitude of 260 m above sea level.
The toponym Potonico comes from the potón language and means "The Stone of Language" from Potoni=language, Co=stone.[5]