Place:Colón, Honduras

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NameColón
Alt namesColónsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Colónsource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates15.75°N 85.667°W
Located inHonduras
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Balfate
Iriona
Limón
Paya
Puerto Castilla
Santa Fé
Santa Rosa de Aguán
Sonaguera
Tocoa
Trujillo ( 1524 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Colón is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. It was created in 1881. The departmental capital is Trujillo, and the other main city is Tocoa. Trujillo was the site of the first Catholic Mass on the American mainland, held when Christopher Columbus reached the Honduran shore in 1502.

Colon harbors a substantial Garifuna population and has pristine beaches and rainforested national parks. The Fort of Santa Barbara, built by the Spaniards in the colonial era, was the site of the execution of US filibuster William Walker in Trujillo, and his remains are buried in the city's graveyard.

The department covers a total surface area of 8,875 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 284,900 people.

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