Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa Municipio del Distrito Central Municipality o the Central Destrict | |
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Ceety | |
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. | |
Top left: Alliance Tower; top richt: Sky Residence Tower; middle: Leukin sooth frae Lomas del Mayab; bottom left: Clarion Hotel; bottom richt: Lafise Tower. Top left: Alliance Tower; top richt: Sky Residence Tower; middle: Leukin sooth frae Lomas del Mayab; bottom left: Clarion Hotel; bottom richt: Lafise Tower. | |
Eik-name(s): | |
Location o the Central Destrict athin the Depairtment o Francisco Morazán | |
Coordinates: 14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.100°N 87.217°W | |
Kintra | Honduras |
Depairtment | Francisco Morazán |
Municipality | Central Destrict |
Foondit | 29 September 1578 |
Caipital | 30 October 1880 |
Mergit as Central Destrict | 30 Januar 1937 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-Cooncil |
• Bodi | Municipal Corporation |
• Mayor | Ricardo Álvarez (PNH)[4] |
• Vice Mayor | Juan Diego Zelaya Aguilar[5] |
• Aldermen | 10
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• General Manager | José Oswaldo Guillén |
• Municipal Secretary | Cosette Lopez Osorio |
Area | |
• Ceety | 201.5 km2 (77.8 sq mi) |
• Central Destrict | 1396.5 km2 (539.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 990 m (3250 ft) |
Population (2010 estimate) | |
• Ceety | 1 126 534 |
• Density | 5604.6/km2 (14,516/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1 324 000 |
• Metro density | 948.08/km2 (2,455.5/sq mi) |
• Demonym | Spaingie: teguicigalpense comayagüelense capitalino(a) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Americae) |
Postal code | |
Area code(s) | (kintra) +504 (ceety) 2[7] |
Annual budget (2008) | 1.555 billion lempiras (US$82,189,029) |
Website | Govrenment o Tegucigalpa |
Tegucigalpa (Spaingie pronunciation: [teɣusiˈɣalpa]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Honduras. Tegucigalpa is an aa the caipital o Honduras's Francisco Morazán Depairtment.
The Choluteca River crosses the ceety frae north tae sooth an dividit in twa zones: the actual Tegucigalpa, east, an Comayagüela, ceety Tegucigalpa merged wi 1898, wast. Baith are the Central Destrict Municipality, based constitutional govrenment o the Honduras an the Archdiocese o Tegucigalpa.
It is the poleetical an economic centre o Honduras. The maist important economic activities in the ceety are trade, construction, services textile, the succar an snuff.
Sister ceeties
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Madrid, Spain
- Lima, Peru
- Bogotá, Colombie
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- New Orleans, Unitit States
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Guatemala Ceety, Guatemala
- Amman, Jordan
- La Paz, Bolivie
- Seoul, Sooth Korea
- Banjarbaru, Indonesie
- Manado, Indonesie
- Palu, Indonesie
- Caracas, Venezuela
Notes
- ↑ Villa de Tegucigalpa is the title given bi Charles III o Spain on 17 Julie, 1768.
- ↑ Real Villa de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa y Heredia is the title given bi Alonso Fernández de Heredia, then govrenor o Honduras, on 10 Juin, 1762.
- ↑ Real de Minas de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa is the teetle given bi the Spaingie on 29 September, 1578.
- ↑ Tiroren (2008). "Meaning of word "Tegus"". tuBabel.com. Retrieved 29 Juin 2011.
- ↑ "Enjoy your Tegucigalpa Expat Experience". InterNations.org. 22 Mey 2011. Retrieved 29 Juin 2011.
- ↑ Mario Secoff (13 Mairch 2005). "Municipality of Tegucigalpa-Distrito Central section". angelfire.com. Retrieved 29 Juin 2011.
- ↑ AMDC (10 September 2011). "Mayor of Tegucigalpa, biography". AMDC. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ↑ a b AMDC (10 September 2011). "Members of the Municipal Corporation". AMDC. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ↑ a b Honducor (10 Mey 2008). "Zip Codes for Honduras". Honduras.com. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 Juin 2011.
- ↑ Hondutel (14 October 2009). "Honduras Country Codes". CallingCodes.org. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 Juin 2010.