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Tegucigalpa (UK: / t ɛ ˌ ɡ uː s ɪ ˈ ɡ æ l p ə / [9] US: / t ə ˌ-/ [10] [11] Spanish: [teɣusiˈɣalpa])—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District (Spanish: Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. [12]), and colloquially referred to as Tegus or Teguz [13] —is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comayagüela.
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Marco Aurelio Soto, former president of Honduras; Policarpo Bonilla, former president of Honduras; José Trinidad Cabañas, former president of Honduras; Tiburcio Carias Andino, former President of Honduras
1946 - American School of Tegucigalpa established. 1948 - Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (stadium) opens. 1950 - Population: 72,385 city; 99,948 urban agglomeration.
In 1888, a projected railroad line from the Caribbean coast to the capital, Tegucigalpa, ran out of money when it reached San Pedro Sula. As a result, San Pedro grew into the nation's primary industrial center and second-largest city. Comayagua was the capital of Honduras until 1880, when the capital moved to Tegucigalpa.
The Catholic Church in Honduras is composed of eight dioceses: Tegucigalpa, Comayagua, Choluteca, Olancho, Yoro, San Pedro Sula, Trujillo and Copán which are a part of the Conference Episcopal of Honduras. The Protestant churches are structured by three confederacies: The Pastors' Association of Honduras, the Evangelical Brotherhood of ...
However, the main metropolitan areas are Tegucigalpa (1,200,000-est. 2007-) and San Pedro Sula (900,000). Between the 1988 and 2001 Census, San Pedro Sula's population doubled. The country has 20 cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants.
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