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Coxen Hole in 1910. The city was founded in 1835 when several British families moved to Roatán from the Cayman Islands.It is named after the pirate Captain John Coxen/Coxon due the fact that during the 17th century Roatán was once home to over 5,000 pirates living all through the island.
Captain John Coxon, sometimes referred to as John Coxen, was a late-seventeenth-century buccaneer who terrorized the Spanish Main. Coxon was one of the most famous of the Brethren of the Coast, a loose consortium of pirates and privateers. Coxon lived during the Buccaneering Age of Piracy. [1]
Most of the infrastructure is on the western half of the island. The most populous town of the island is Coxen Hole, capital of Roatán municipality, located in the southwest. West of Coxen Hole are the settlements of Gravel Bay, Flowers Bay and Keyhole Bay on the south coast, and Sandy Bay, West End and West Bay on the north coast.
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Coxen Hole: 87.3 33.7: 41220 Western Roatán Island: Coxen Hole: 80 31: 41060 Roatan Cays: Antoney's Cay: 1.2 0.46 40 Swan Islands: Harbor Bay: 3 1.25 10 Cayos Cochinos: Chachauate: 2.9 1.1 110 4 Utila: Utila Island: Utila Town: 49.3 19.0: 4030 Utila Island: Utila Island: Utila Town: 47.9 18.5: 3580 Utila: Utila Cays: Jewel Cay Pigeon Cay: 1 0. ...
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