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He captured Trujillo with the intention to go across Honduras to Nicaragua. The Honduran Army and local volunteers presented a firm defense and with intervention of the Royal Navy, was captured and executed in Trujillo by orders of President Jose Santos Guardiola. His tomb is a local tourist attraction.
Colón is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras 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 (Cristóbal Colón) reached the Honduran shore in 1502.
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Sport Coopsol Trujillo, a football club based in the city of Trujillo, Peru; Trujillo (beer), Peruvian brand; Trujillo Airport (IATA: TJI), serving Trujillo, Colón, Honduras; Trujillo International Airport, serving Trujillo, Peru; Trujillo River, a river in Mexico; SS Trujillo, the last lake tanker to operate in Lake Maracaibo, retired in 1954
Municipalities are the only administrative division in Honduras that possess local government. Each municipality has its own elected mayor as opposed to the appointed governors of departments. For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into 3731 aldeas , and those into 27969 caserios . [ 1 ]
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Puerto Castilla is a village in the Colón Department of Honduras located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Trujillo. This port city on the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) was the one-time site of the United Fruit Company's Castilla Division which specialized in the growth, cultivation and shipments of the Gros Michel banana.
La Esperanza Airport (ICAO: MHEZ) is an airport serving a number of agricultural villages and towns in western Colón Department, Honduras. The largest nearby towns are Sonaguera (13 km) and Sabá (17 km). The Punta Castilla non-directional beacon (Ident: CTL) is located 25.7 nautical miles (47.6 km) north-northeast of the airport.