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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.
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.
Olanchito: Yoro: MHOA OAN El Arrayán Airport: Palacios: Gracias a Dios: MHPC PCH Palacios Airport: Puerto Castilla: Colón: MHCT Puerto Castilla Airport - closed Puerto Lempira: Gracias a Dios: MHPL PEU Puerto Lempira Airport: Roatán: Bay Islands: MHRO RTB Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport: San Pedro Sula: Cortés: MHLM SAP Ramón ...
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.
San Pedro Sula (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo ˈsula]) is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley , about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea .
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]
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.
Widest at its northern end near San Pedro Sula, the depression narrows as it follows the upper course of the Río Humuya. [1] Passing first through Comayagua and then through narrow passes south of the city, the depression widens again as it runs along the border of El Salvador into the Gulf of Fonseca. [1] A economic activity map of Honduras ...