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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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1786 - Tegucigalpa Cathedral building completed. [3] 1812 - Political unrest. [2] 1821 - Tegucigalpa attains city status. [4] 1822 - Mallol Bridge built [5] 1877 - Telegraph begins operating. [6] 1880 - Tegucigalpa becomes capital of Honduras. [3] 1889 - Banco de Honduras founded [7]
Over time, the territory of what is now Francisco Morazán was part of the Province of Tegucigalpa. The name of the department honors Francisco Morazán, one of the most important heroes in the history of Central America, who was a political and military leader during the time of the Central American Federation in the 19th century
The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (Spanish: La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa) (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras.
Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (born 29 December 1942) is a Honduran prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Tegucigalpa from 1993 to 2023. He was president of Caritas Internationalis and served as president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) from 1995 to 1999.
It was founded in Tegucigalpa on December 28, 1948. [1] It is a member of the Association of Spanish Language Academies. History.
He was born in the Las Delicias neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on 14 April 1933. [5] [6]Acosta began his career as a journalist in Peru for Tegucigalpa Magazine.He founded la Editorial Nuevo Continente, las revistas Extra, Presente, la Editorial Iberoamericana, and Honduras Literaria y Extra.