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Tegucigalpa is Honduras' largest and most populous city as well as the nation's political and administrative center. Tegucigalpa is host to 25 foreign embassies and 16 consulates. It is the home base of several state-owned entities such as ENEE and Hondutel, the national energy and telecommunications companies, respectively.
Tegucigalpa, founded in 1578 on the slopes of Mount Picacho as a gold- and silver-mining centre, alternated with Comayagua, 35 miles (56 km) to the northwest, as capital from 1824 to 1880, when Tegucigalpa was made the permanent capital of the republic.
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Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa .
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Tegucigalpa was created by Spanish settlers on September 29, 1578, in a region inhabited by the native Twahkas, Pech, and Tolupans. Among the first buildings constructed in the settlement were the Immaculate Conception Church (1788) and the Dolores Chruch (1735). On June 10, 1762, the settlement became Real Villa de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa y Here...
The metropolitan region of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela occupies an area of 77.6 square miles, and the Central District's Municipality has an area of 539.1 square miles. The city is situated on a network of mountains whose elevations fall between 3,199 feet and 4,800 feet above sea level. The region surrounding Tegucigalpa is open woodland character...
The Honduras Census of 2013 reported the city’s Central District population as 1,157,509 while the 2000 census identified 850,445 residents. It is projected that by 2029 the metro area of the city’s population would double. Tegucigalpa's illiteracy rate was 4.9% in 2010 while the national rate was 15.2%. The average monthly income was $440.49 in 20...
The Central District contributes 19.3% of the Honduran economy. About 57.9% of the country’s national budget is channeled into the Central District. There are approximately 367,844 active laborers in the District and 56,035 of whom are engaged in the public sector. In 2009, the unemployment rate in Tegucigalpa was 8.1%. Some of Tegucigalpa's main e...
The capital of Honduras hosts municipal, departmental, and national governments. The Central District, though autonomous, is influenced by the national government as the territory is the Republic’s seat of government. The funding of important city projects and significant changes to public policy are thus presented to the Office of the president be...
Tegucigalpa —formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, and colloquially referred to as Tegus or Teguz—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comayagüela.
Tegucigalpa is the capital city of Honduras. Set in a central valley surrounded by mountains, it’s known for its well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture. 1 Parque La Leona. An old neighbourhood in the center of Tegus, overlooking the central park.
Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras. Tegucigalpa, often called "Tegus," is the largest city in Honduras and serves as the country's political and
