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This highway links San Pedro Sula with the town of El Progreso. It is a paved four-lane road 30 km in length. It is a paved four-lane road 30 km in length. Its route is via the town of La Lima , then crossing the Ulúa River by the Puente la Democracia (Democracy Bridge) and finishing at El Progreso.
Line between La Unión (a village near La Ceiba) [1] and Parque Nacional Cuero y Salado (Refugio de vida silvestre Cuero y Salado) (9 km or 5.6 mi, transport of coconuts to a processing plant and of tourists to national park; In late 2010, a commuter/tourist train was established in San Pedro Sula. [2]
The Merendón Mountains rise in western Cortés, but the department is mostly a tropical lowland, the Sula Valley, crossed by the Ulúa and Chamelecon rivers. It was created in 1893 from parts of the departments of Santa Bárbara and Yoro. The departmental capital is San Pedro Sula.
Additionally, San Pedro Sula was left exposed to raids by pirates and French, Dutch, and English mercenaries. By the mid-18th century, the Spanish government decided to build a number of coastal fortresses to curb English attacks. One of these fortresses, the Fortaleza de San Fernando, was built in Omoa, less than 50 miles from San Pedro Sula ...
The town of San Jorge de Olanchito was founded in 1530 on the right bank of the Aguán river. Its first inhabitants were the few survivors of San Jorge de Olancho and others sent by Pedro de Alvarado, and it became a stage on El Camino Real (The Royal Road), which led from Truxillo to Olancho.
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Sula is located west of the city. To the east of the city is the mountain range of Mico Quemado (Burned Monkey). El Progreso is located at a crossroads. Due to its strategic location, many travellers or tourists pass through El Progreso in one way or another.
A satellite image of the valley. The Valley of Sula (also, Sula Valley) is the largest alluvial valley of Honduras.It is located in the northwest of the country, and within it lie several of Honduras's most important cities, such as San Pedro Sula, El Progreso, Choloma, Puerto Cortés, Villanueva, and Tela.
Puerto Cortés, originally known as Puerto de Caballos, [2] is a port city and municipality on the north Caribbean coast of Honduras, right on the Laguna de Alvarado, north of San Pedro Sula and east of Omoa, with a natural bay. The present city was founded in the early colonial period.