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La Ceiba. / 15.77917°N 86.79306°W / 15.77917; -86.79306. La Ceiba ( Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈsejβa]) is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida and a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern ...
Houston, Texas, U.S. Education. A.B, M.A. Alma mater. University of Michigan. Occupation (s) Banker, Economist. Paul Vinelli (November 7, 1922 – February 18, 1997) was an Italian-American-Honduran economist and banker. He was sent to Honduras in 1949 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advise the government on banking and tax legislation.
Atlántida Department. / 15.64333°N 87.13167°W / 15.64333; -87.13167. Atlántida ( Spanish pronunciation: [aˈtlantiða]) is a department located on the north Caribbean shore of Honduras. The capital is the port city of La Ceiba . In the past few decades, tourism has become the most important legitimate economic source for the coastal ...
Sambo Creek. / 15.79167°N 86.63083°W / 15.79167; -86.63083. Sambo Creek is a traditional Garífuna village 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of La Ceiba on the Caribbean Sea north coast of Honduras. [2]
El Porvenir, Atlántida. / 15.750°N 86.933°W / 15.750; -86.933. El Porvenir ( Spanish: The Future) is a town, with a population of 5,202 (2013 census), [2] and a municipality in the Honduran department of Atlántida. The largest town of the Municipality is El Pino, with a population of 6,304 (2013 census). [2]
Etymology. The lempira was named after the 16th-century cacique Lempira, a ruler of the indigenous Lenca people, who is renowned in Honduran folklore for leading the local native resistance against the Spanish conquistador forces. He is a national hero and is honored on both the 1 lempira note and the 20 and 50 centavos coins.
Evolution of Honduras's territorial organization. 1825: The constitutional congress convened in that year orders that the state be divided into seven departments: Comayagua, Denver, Santa Bárbara, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, Yoro, Olancho, and Gracias (later renamed Lempira). 1834: An extraordinary constitutional assembly reduces the number of ...
Estadio Ceibeño is a multi-purpose stadium in La Ceiba, Honduras. Overview. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Honduran National league side Victoria and as well as for second tier Atlántida and Vida.Honduras national football team has used Estadio Ceibeño as its home stadium.