La Entrada is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
Honduran department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Copán.
The mayor of La Entrada is Mr. Vicente León Rojas.
Its name is
panishfor "the entrance" and the town is a gateway from coastal
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
to the mountainous Western highlands.
Close to La Entrada are the Mayan archaeological ruins at
El Puente.
Sports
The local football club,
Olimpia Occidental, play in the
Honduran second division. They play their home games at the
Estadio Alsacias.
Municipalities of the Copán Department
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