Mocorón is a remote village in the

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of the

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in northeastern

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. It is located near the confluence of the

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and the Rio Dursuna stream. The Mocorón Airport is nearby. In 1981 the village became a refugee camp for

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refugees from

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.Tillman, Benjamin F
Imprints on Native Lands: The Miskito-Moravian Settlement Landscape in Honduras
pp. 57-58 (2011)Chen, Desiree (10 November 1991)

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'' ("Mocoron, a village of 400 people that is almost completely cut off from the outside world")

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