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 Departments of Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Central American nation of Honduras is currently divided into 18 departments (departamentos).
Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.
Islas de la Bahía department is founded (the islands were ceded to Honduras by the United Kingdom in 1860).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Departments_of_Honduras   (259 words)

  
 Trujillo, Honduras -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trujillo is a city in northeastern (A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture) Honduras along the (Region including the Caribbean islands) Caribbean coast.
Under Spanish rule Trujillo became the capital of Honduras, but because of its vulerability the capital was changed to the inland town of Comayagua.
When Honduras obtained its independence in 1820, Trujillo lost its status of capital permanently to (The capital and largest city of Honduras) Tegucigalpa.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Tr/Trujillo,_Honduras.htm   (643 words)

  
 Trujillo Honduras Tips
Trujillo was declared a city and was the site of one of the first bishoprys in Honduras; however, it had many factors that did not permit its sustained growth.
Trujillo is the type of place you could spend a lifetime and feel you were lost in a warp.
Without doubt, the best views of Trujillo can be had from their vantage point, offering a lookout of most of the bay, the mountains behind the city of Trujillo and lovely sunsets in the afternoon.
www.hondurastips.honduras.com /english/trujillo.htm   (1145 words)

  
 Honduras (07/05)
Honduras held its sixth consecutive democratic elections in November 2001, to elect a new president, unicameral Congress, and mayors.
Honduras is a strong proponent of Central American cooperation and integration, and continues to work towards the implementation of a regional customs union, which would ease border controls and tariffs among Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.
Honduras continues to participate in the UN observer mission in the Western Sahara, contributed troops for the reconstruction of Iraq, and remains interested in participating in other UN peacekeeping missions.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1922.htm   (4947 words)

  
 History - The Trujillo Honduras Pages
Cortez remained in Trujillo for quite some time and sent subordinates inland to subordinate a number of the caciques (native chiefs), bringing a degree of security and stability to the city.
The bishopric remained in Trujillo until it was transferred to Comayagua in 1560 (The Conquest and Colonization of Honduras 1502-1550), Robert S Chamberlain, pp 243-244, (1966).
Trujillo was attacked by the Dutch in 1632, the French in 1633, and the English in 1672 and 1689.
www.trujillohonduras.com /history.htm   (1092 words)

  
 Trujillo - Destination Guide - Hotel Near   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trujillo itself was founded by Cortés's lieutenant, Juan de Medina, in May 1525, though it was regularly abandoned due to attacks by European pirates.
Much of Trujillo's charm lies in meandering through its rather scruffy streets, where the heat of the sun is alleviated by a constant breeze.
The glorious sweep of the Bahía de Trujillo is as yet unaffected by excessive tourist development, and its calm, blue waters are perfect for effortless swimming.
www.hotelnear.com /1210/1235/Honduras-Trujillo.html   (590 words)

  
 FUCAGUA - NATIONAL PARKS OF TRUJILLO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trujillo is blessed to be surrounded by two national parks both of which are relatively accesible due to their location close to town.
The town of Trujillo is sandwiched between the Carribean Ocean and the looming mountains of Capiro Calentura.
The high amount of rainfall during the rainy season (over 100 inches) keeps the forest lush year round and the many streams and waterfalls of the park full of water.
www.goodfelloweb.com /honduras/fucagua   (627 words)

  
 Rios Honduras - Kayaking, Rafting, Canoeing, Mayan Ruins, Snorkeling, SCUBA Diving, Dolphin Swims and more!
Honduras is located in Central America, above El Salvador and in between Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Though Honduras is a Spanish speaking country, the infamous Capt. Henry Morgan left his mark on the history books for the British Settlements of the west.
Honduras like many of their neighboring countries are striving to promote tourism.
www.adventure-guide.org /honduras/honduras.html   (839 words)

  
 Lets Go Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trujillo is a perfect place from where to launch your trip to the Mosquito Region.
Nearby Trujillo, past the town of Silin, on the highway towards Tocoa and La Ceiba is the Hacienda El Tumbador.
Although Trujillo is relatively small, these establishments are located in four very distinct locations: downtown Trujillo, the beach just below the town, the beach out by the airport and finally the area between Trujillo and the town of Santa Fe.
www.letsgohonduras.com /trujillo_eng.html   (2574 words)

  
 MayaWorld.com: Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
However, at about 112,000 km Honduras is packed with so much natural, cultural and archaeological diversity, that we like to describe it in terms of three distinct and diverse "worlds".
The promotion of the fine arts has been intensified in recent years thanks to the efforts of public and private institutions that organize exhibits and contests where the new and the old generations of artists come together, presenting through their works a window into the natural beauty and social development of the country.
With regards to Honduras’ literary development, a vast number of illustrious men and women stand out as some of the great Honduran writers of poetry, narrative, tale, novel, essay, as well as history and journalism.
www.mayaworld.com /honduras.html   (1814 words)

  
 Trujillo --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Founded in 1556, Trujillo was the site of the 1813 proclamation by the liberator Simón Bolívar, which promised a “fight to the death” for independence from Spain.
Trujillo was a town of importance in the European Middle Ages, and Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru, was born there about 1475; his palace...
From 1930, when Gen. Rafael Trujillo Molina helped seize control of the country in a military revolt, until his assassination, he was the absolute ruler of a police state.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9073538?tocId=9073538   (595 words)

  
 The Trujillo Honduras Pages
Trujillo lies on the “north” coast of Honduras at the foot of Mounts Capira and Calentura on a small bluff overlooking the beautiful and expansive bay of Trujillo.
The Honduras Department of History and Anthropology did not intervene and mandate preservation of this important structure, so it is now gone and has been replaced by a cinder block building with pvc columns.
West of Trujillo on a dirt road that is easily accessible except for a few days during the worst of the rainy season, are the picturesque Garifuna villages of Santa Fe, San Antonio, and Guadeloupe.
www.trujillohonduras.com   (776 words)

  
 Country of Honduras - HONDURAS.COM
Honduras is a vibrant country, brimming with clear turquois waters, pristine beaches, lush jungles, breathtaking mountains, challenging rivers, and fascinating ancient ruins.
Honduras is enjoying a boom in popularity, as the rich and famous have found a place where they can still travel unknown.
Azcona led Honduras at a time when neighboring Central American nations of Nicaragua and El Salvador were enveloped in civil wars.
www.honduras.com   (393 words)

  
 O' Henry's Honduras
Trujillo has had its "moments in the sun." On August 14, 1402, during his fourth voyage, Columbus landed for the first time on the American mainland near Trujillo.
Henry was right when he wrote Honduras is a land "Where time is redundant." The redundancy of swimming, walking the beach, and hanging out in the hammock was idyllic.
After only a few days in Honduras, "Those old days of life in the States seemed like an irritating dream." Three weeks passed all too quickly and it was time to go home to prepare for our next adventure.
www.travellady.com /Issues/Issue72/72T-honduras.htm   (531 words)

  
 Honduras Tourist Attractions & Honduras Tourism | iExplore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Also recommended is a visit to neighboring Comayagua, former capital of Honduras and now a colonial masterpiece of cobbled streets, tiny plazas and whitewashed houses.
The majority of the site’s original sculptures are on display at the Copán Sculpture Museum, the four-story centerpiece of which is the Rosalita temple, a full-scale replica of a temple recently excavated beneath the Acropolis.
Trujillo was once a thriving port and the old capital of colonial Honduras.
www.iexplore.com /dmap/Honduras/Where+to+Go   (563 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of places in Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Other descriptions of List of places in Honduras
List of places in the nation of Honduras.
Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-places-in-Honduras   (80 words)

  
 Honduras Country Guide - Resorts & Excursions - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Also recommended is a visit to neighbouring Comayagua, former capital of Honduras and now a colonial masterpiece of cobbled streets, tiny plazas and whitewashed houses.
The majority of the site’s original sculptures are on display at the Copán Sculpture Museum, the four-storey centrepiece of which is the Rosalita temple, a full-scale replica of a temple recently excavated beneath the Acropolis.
Trujillo is today home to many old Spanish buildings, a fascinating pirate history and superb tropical beaches.
www.worldtravelguide.net /data/hnd/hnd130.asp   (575 words)

  
 CNN - Central America copes with Mitch's destruction - October 29, 1998
TRUJILLO, Honduras (CNN) -- At least 36 people are dead and another 125,000 homeless along the hard-hit Caribbean coast of Central America in the wake of Mitch, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Thursday.
As storm-driven floodwaters continued to rise in Honduras, Mexico, Belize and Nicaragua, a U.S. Coast Guard airplane was searching for a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise sailing yacht with 31 people on board.
Honduras reported 23 deaths; Nicaragua, 12, with another 21 missing; and Mexico, one death -- an American who was thrown from his boat near Cancun on Monday and was presumed dead.
www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9810/29/mitch.02   (778 words)

  
 Trujillo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trujillo, Peru, the capital of the La Libertad region
Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo, a Colombian cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church
Solomon Trujillo is the newly-appointed CEO of Telstra.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Trujillo.htm   (187 words)

  
 Honduras Oil/Planeta.com
On the north shore of Honduras, Central America, lies Trujillo Bay, a beautiful bay with high mountains reaching right down to the sea.
Trujillo was settled by the Garifuna Indians noted for their dancing and food specialties.
Tentative approval was given, and just as word got out to the press, the people of Trujillo and surrounding communities immediately expressed their shock.
www.planeta.com /ecotravel/oil/honduras.html   (446 words)

  
 Historia de Honduras: Todas las informaciones en Historia de Honduras de Enciclopedia-Gratuita.com
La parte occidental de Honduras era parte de la civilización Maya; las ruinas Precolombianas más impresionantes de Honduras son la antigua ciudad estado Maya de Copán, cerca de la frontera con Guatemala.
Honduras, junto con las otras provincias centroamericanas, se independizó de España en 1821; después fue brevemente anexada al Imperio mexicano.
Honduras se hizo el anfitrión de la misión del Cuerpo de Paz más grande del mundo, y las ayudas de agencias no gubernamentales y voluntarios internacionales proliferaron.
www.enciclopedia-gratuita.com /h/hi/historia_de_honduras.html   (1576 words)

  
 Honduras History
Honduras was inhabited by indigenous tribes of a great linguistic and cultural diversity.
The western-central part of Honduras was inhabited by the Lencas, who spoke a language of unknown origin.
The conquest of Honduras was consummated and later consolidated by the founding of new settlements.
www.honduras.com /history   (3682 words)

  
 Direcway in Honduras
We have recently returned from Trujillo, Honduras where we installed a 1.2 meter Direcway satellite dish.
Trujillo, Honduras is on the northern coast along the Caribbean Sea at the foothills of the mountains easing their way into the sea.
The Direcway 1.2 meter dish is large enough that it requires a 2.75" pipe cemented into the ground for mounting.
centre.telemanage.ca /links.nsf/key/DirecwayHonduras   (316 words)

  
 Christ the King Catholic Church Honduras Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Christ the King is preparing for its ninth mission trip to Trujillo, Honduras.
The strength of our mission lies not only in the missionaries that go to Honduras, but in the many who participate through their prayers, monetary contributions, donated supplies, and volunteer activities.
Since Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the people of Honduras have experienced a level of poverty we can't begin to comprehend.
www.ctkhondurasmission.com   (180 words)

  
 Excessive Candour
Down here in big fl booming Trujillo and Other Stories, all 682 big pages of it, we find ourselves in a world of hugenesses and moral anguish, of almost unendurable heterosexual stress and passion, assault and battery, the big booming voice of the author thumping tubs and thaumaturgies, as ever before.
The five stories that make up the second half of the book are set in and around Trujillo, Honduras, which is a real place; of the remainder, one is set in post-9/11 Manhattan; one in Iraq; one in Moscow; one in Florida, in the No Man's Land between Daytona Beach and Disney World; and one—
As a whole, the assembly of tales put together as Trujillo may be too unremitting in the conveyance of its message; the reader may fairly long to encounter, in its 700 pages, just one protagonist able to keep his head above water—water that is nothing but water, no portal need apply to suck us down.
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue393/excess.html   (984 words)

  
 Places: Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paul has an extensive knowledge of Honduras and also expands his motorcycle tours to Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Hurricane Mitch is over and there's a lot to see in Honduras.
It is a spectacular sight to view the Caribbean and the lush vegetation around.
www.balum.com /Honduras/PHonduras1.htm   (124 words)

  
 Honduras This Week Online
A cold front amidst this year’s rainy season is causing massive amounts of rain and heavy flooding around Trujillo on Honduras’ Northern coast.
Juan Ramón Martínez, the first person of African-descent to run for president in Honduras, was born in the town of Olanchito, Yoro in 1941.
Honduras desperately needs quality niche exports and the Flor de Copan factory has put Honduras on the cigar aficionado map around the world.
www.marrder.com /htw   (1272 words)

  
 Westside Church of Christ - Portland, OR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Little Hands, Big Hearts (also known by its Spanish name, Manos Chicas, Corazon Grande) is a ministry of the Westside church in Trujillo, Honduras.
During the time she was in Trujillo, she bonded with Jose, caring for him 24 hours a day with the help of many of the teenage campers.
As a result, the Youngs decided to move to Trujillo to work with the local churches, clinics, and schools aiding families in distress.
www.westsidecofc.net /?pid=lhbh   (353 words)

  
 Irrational Noise Essays...Trujillo Triumph   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After my first semester in college, I was given the opportunity to travel to Honduras by a local church organization.
We were to travel to the coastal town of Trujillo, Honduras, where we were to join one of the residing missionaries and accompany him to one of the many villages scattered across the area.
The tight turns inside the valley became even more unnerving once you were low enough to see the wreckage of several aircrafts littered along the mountainsides, positioned too high for feasible recovery.
irrationalnoise.com /trujillo.htm   (976 words)

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