San Marcos de Colón is a town, with a population of 12,870 (2020 calculation), and a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 Choluteca, located on the border with

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. The town is located on the Pan-American Highway near the Nicaraguan border town of

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, and 192 km away from the capital

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History

The town received city status in 1927, though its origins date back to 1795.Remodelan edificio municipal de San Marcos de Colón
- El Heraldo

Climate

The climate has traditionally been described as tropical. However, due to widespread agricultural deforestation and a higher altitude (3500 to 5000 feet above sea level); the climate can be more aptly described in many cases as temperate. It can be dusty in the dry season (January through March).

Sports

The local football team,

Atlético Pinares Club Atlético Pinares was a Honduran association football club, based in Nueva Ocotepeque in the department of Ocotepeque. History They won promotion to the Liga de Ascenso in summer 2010. Comayagua FC In July 2012, the Honduran football arbi ...

, played in the second tier of Honduran football until it sold its franchise to

Comayagua F.C. Comayagua Fútbol Club () was a Honduran football club, based in Comayagua, Honduras. The club was founded in 1945 as ''Hispano Galvez'', eventually dropping "Galvez". The ''Hispano'' club played from 2005 to 2011 in the Honduran first divi ...

in 2012.

References

Municipalities of the Choluteca Department {{Honduras-geo-stub