Colón Department (Honduras)
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Colón is one of the 18 departments into which
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 ...
is divided. It was created in 1881. The departmental capital is Trujillo, and the other main city is Tocoa. Trujillo was the site of the first Catholic Mass on the American mainland, held when Christopher Columbus reached the Honduran shore in 1502. Colon harbors a substantial
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population and has pristine beaches and rainforested national parks. The Fort of Santa Barbara, built by the Spaniards in the colonial era, was the site of the execution of US
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William Walker in Trujillo, and his remains are buried in the city's graveyard. The department covers a total surface area of 8,875 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 284,900 people.


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Balfate Balfate is 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 ''munici ...
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Bonito Oriental Bonito Oriental is a town, with a population of 10,790 (2023 calculation),Citypopulation.de
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Iriona Iriona is 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 ''munic ...
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Limón Limón (), commonly known as Puerto Limón, is a district, the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the Limón canton in Costa Rica. It is the seventh largest city in Costa Rica, with a population of over 55,000, and is ho ...
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Sabá Sabá is a town, with a population of 16,460 (2020 calculation),Citypopulation.de
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Santa Rosa de Aguán Santa Rosa de Aguán () is a municipality in the Honduran department of Colón. It was affected by Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Mitch is the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, causing over 11,000 fatalities in Central America in 1 ...
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Sonaguera Sonaguera is a town, with a population of 14,920 (2020 calculation),Citypopulation.de
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# Tocoa # Trujillo


References

Departments of Honduras States and territories established in 1881 1881 establishments in Honduras {{Honduras-geo-stub