San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula "Usula (Glen o Birds)" | |
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| Eik-name(s): La Capital Industrial | |
  San Pedro Sula | |
| Coordinates: 15°30′0″N 88°2′0″W / 15.50000°N 88.03333°W | |
| Kintra |  Honduras |
| Depairtment | Cortés |
| Municipio (Coonty) | San Pedro Sula |
| Foondation | Juin 1536 |
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| • Mayor | Juan Carlos Zuniga (PLH) |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 840 km2 (320 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 873,824 |
| • Density | 2427.7/km2 (6,288/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,245,598 |
| Time zone | UTCUTC(−6GMT) |
San Pedro Sula is a ceety in Honduras. It is locatit in the northwast corner o the kintra, in the Valle de Sula (Sula Valley), aboot 60 km sooth o Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. Wi an estimatit population o 802,598 fowk (2010 estimate) in its metro aurie, it is the seicont lairgest ceety in the kintra ahint the caipital Tegucigalpa, an is considered the industrial centre o Honduras. It is the caipital o the Cortés Depairtment. The ceety serves as a major transportation hub for the rest o the kintra, while economically maintainin its base in licht industry an the commercial production o coffee, bananas, beef, succar cane, tobacco, an forestry.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Honduras: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazeteer. Retrieved 22 Mey 2010.[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Honduras: metropolitan areas". World Gazeteer. Retrieved 24 Februar 2010.[deid airtin]
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