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Comayagua
Sign in to saveComayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Comayagua
- Settlement.type
- Municipality
- Settlement.native_name
- Santa Maria de la Nueva Valladolid de Comayagua
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ciudad de Comayagua collague.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de la ciudad de Comayagua .png
- Settlement.image_seal
- File:Escudo de Comayagua.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Honduras
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Comayagua Department
- Settlement.parts_type
- Nearby Large Cities
- Settlement.p1
- Tegucigalpa
- Settlement.p2
- San Pedro Sula
- Settlement.p3
- San Salvador
- Settlement.leader_title
- Alcalde
- Settlement.leader_name
- Carlos Miranda
- Settlement.established_title
- Foundation
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Comayagua
- Population
- 144785
- Area
- 834.2
- Elevation
- 594
- Official website
- www.amcomayagua.com
- Image
- Comayagua Cathedral View from the park.jpg
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- Comayagua
- inception
- 1537-00-00
- native label
- Comayagua
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Pre-Columbian era
- Foundation
- Spanish colonial period
- Independence
- Burning of the city
- Transfer of the capital
- Geography
- Climate
- Places of note
- Patrimony
- Architectural
- Cultural
- Arts
- Comayagua International Airport
- Soto Cano Air base
- Sport
- See also
- References
Comayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level.
The accelerated growth experienced by the city of Comayagua led the municipal authorities to structure a territorial reorganization plan. Between the years of 1945 -1975 the population of the city quadrupled due to the high rate of population growth achieved at that time (4.8%) and to migratory movements in the interior of the country. In 2023 the estimated population of the city was 120,500. It is the capital of the Comayagua department of Honduras and it is noted for its wealth of Spanish Colonial architecture. The cathedral, at the central square of the city, has the oldest clock in the Americas.
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