Place:Puerto Lempira, Gracias a Dios, Honduras

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NamePuerto Lempira
TypeCity
Coordinates15.2°N 83.85°W
Located inGracias a Dios, Honduras
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Puerto Lempira or Auhya Yari is the Miskito capital of the Gracias a Dios department in northeastern Honduras, located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon. Though it does not have paved roads, it is the largest town in the La Mosquitia region.

The town is named for the 16th century leader of the indigenous Lenca peoples, Lempira, who directed an ultimately unsuccessful resistance against the Spanish conquistador forces in the 1530s.

Puerto Lempira became the departmental capital in 1975, prior to which it was Brus Laguna. In the 1980s, the town became a centre for CIA operations against the Sandinistas.

Its population is 20,190 (2020 calculation).

Puerto Lempira is sister city to Plattsburgh, New York, US, and has been since 2011.

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