Tela

Also known as Tela, Atlántida Department, Tela, Honduras

Tela is a town, with a population of 39,920 (2023 calculation), and a municipality in Honduras on the northern Caribbean coast. It is located in the department of Atlantida.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tela
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Ciudad de tela honduras mar.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Town of Tela in 2017
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Tela.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Honduras
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Honduras
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Atlántida
Settlement.established_title: Foundation
Settlement.founder: Cristobal de Olid
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1156
Settlement.elevation_m: 3
Settlement.population_total: 110255
Settlement.population_as_of: 2023 projection
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Population: 58523
Area: 1156
Elevation: 3
Image: Ciudad de tela honduras mar.jpg

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History
Colonial era
Republican era
Tela Under the United fruit company
Mid 20th century
Garifuna villages nearby
Culture
Infrastructure
Climate
References
Sources
External links

Tela is a town, with a population of 39,920 (2023 calculation), and a municipality in Honduras on the northern Caribbean coast. It is located in the department of Atlantida.

==History==