Place:Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán, Honduras

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NameSanta Rosa de Copán
Alt namesLos Llanossource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) X, 428-429
Los Llanos de Santa Rosasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) X, 428-429
Santa Rosa de Copánsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates14.8°N 88.717°W
Located inCopán, Honduras     (1700 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Santa Rosa de Copán is a municipality in Honduras. The city of Santa Rosa de Copán is the municipal seat and the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is located approximately above mean sea level.

Santa Rosa de Copán is the largest and most important city in western Honduras with a population of 57,820 (2020 calculation). Santa Rosa is the governmental hub of the department of Copán. The city is connected through the International Highway of the West (CA-4) with San Pedro Sula to the North and with the borders of El Salvador at El Poy and Guatemala at Agua Caliente to the west. Santa Rosa has a subtropical climate with temperatures ranging from to in the summer (March–June), and from to in the winter (December–February).

The historical centre of Santa Rosa de Copán has been declared a Honduran national monument, with preservation of its Republican or Neoclassical architecture and cobblestone streets that has its origins in a prosperous tobacco farming industry of the 18th century. Santa Rosa is situated at a strategic point between Copán Ruinas and Gracias, Lempira and the Celaque National Park. As before, tobacco farming remains a staple of the local economy, particularly the cultivation of premium cigar tobaccos. The La Flor de Copán cigar factory is located in the city.

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