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Siguatepeque

Siguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The city has a population of 79,520 (2023 calculation).

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Settlement.official_name: Siguatepeque
Settlement.image_skyline: Parque Central Siguatepeque.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Honduras
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Honduras
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Comayagua
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1689
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 392.2
Settlement.population_as_of: 2023 projection
Settlement.population_total: 127,468
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_urban: 94480
Settlement.elevation_m: 1,090
Settlement.blank_name: Climate

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Siguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The city has a population of 79,520 (2023 calculation).

==History== Founded by the Spanish in 1689 as a religious centre for retreats and monastic training, the population of the town grew through the intermarriage of colonists, the indigenous Lencas and the Mexican Nahuatl immigrants. The name Siguatepeque is made up of two words in Nahuatl, Cihuatl: Woman and Tepec:Mount, the mount of women. Siguatepeque is located approximately above the sea level. In 1861, the town became a municipality in its own right, and a city in 1926.

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