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Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras. Located in the center of the country on a plateau about 990 meters. Surrounded by hills, among which stands out in the north, Cerro El Picacho (1240 m). Its population is 1,250,000 inhabitants (estimated 2006).
Choluteca River crosses the city from north to south and divides it into two zones: the actual Tegucigalpa, east, and Comayagüela, a city Tegucigalpa in 1898 merged with the west. Both are the Central District Municipality, based constitutional government of the Republic of Honduras and the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa.
It is the political and economic center of Honduras. The most important economic activities in the city are trade, construction, services, textiles, sugar and snuff.
Honduras’s capital account with interesting museums, including the National Museum highlights Villaroy which is regarded for its architectural value as a landmark within the urban context Tegucigalpa.
Also highlights the Military History Museum This museum has a selection of personal items and photographs of famous military heroes and strongmen of Honduras. He also has a room with antique firearms and modern and Telecommunications Museum The purpose of this center is to protect the historical heritage that make up the various equipment and documentation and the actual building of the Palacio de Telecomunicaciones. Also help expand scientific and cultural knowledge of our employees and of Honduran society in general, in regard to telecommunications.
This place is also famous for its ecotourism and adventure tourism, among all the places you can visit are:
* Parque Nacional La Tigra, has an area of 243,406 km2 tota comprising the core area and its buffer zone, the park is bordered by five counties are: Central District, San Juan de Flores, Santa Lucia, Valle de Angeles and Talanga .
* Macaw bird Picacho Metropolitan Zoo
This place has several ecostystems that you can’t afford to visit, such as tropical forest and the tropical rain forest.
Among the fauna are species of mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds are the most common and can be seen inside the park, are known to live animals like ocelots, agoutis, white-tailed deer, monkeys, Night, Pumas and Yaguaroundis. Birds such as Goldfinches, Guan Mountains, Quetzal, hawks, toucans among others.
This is the perfect place for your vacations if you are in love with nature and you want to spend some alone time.
There are several colonial towns near Tegucigalpa, most of them are really beautiful: Valle de Angeles, Santa Lucia, Ojojona. From Tegucigalpa you can also go to Comayagua in about 1 hour driving to the north. Comayagua is the former capital city of Honduras, it is a colonial city, really beautiful. If you ever go to Tegucigalpa don´t miss a trip to Comayagua.