Puerto Cortés
Municipality in Cortés, Honduras / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the village in Mexico, see Puerto Cortés, Baja California Sur.
Puerto Cortés, originally known as Puerto de Caballos,[2] is a port city and municipality on the north Caribbean coast of Honduras, right on the Laguna de Alvarado, north of San Pedro Sula and east of Omoa, with a natural bay. The present city was founded in the early colonial period. It grew rapidly in the twentieth century, thanks to the then railroad, and banana production. In terms of volume of traffic the seaport is the largest in Central America and the 36th largest in the world.[3] The city of Puerto Cortés has a population of 73,150 (2023 calculation).[4]
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Puerto Cortés
Puerto Caballos | |
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Municipality | |
Nickname(s): "El Puerto", "Puerto Caballos" | |
Coordinates: 15°51′N 87°56′W | |
Country | Honduras |
Department | Cortés |
Founded | 1524 |
Area | |
• Municipality | 383 km2 (148 sq mi) |
Population (2023 projection)[1] | |
• Municipality | 142,311 |
• Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) |
• Urban | 97,506 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (América Central) |
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