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Platanares Destination Guide

Discover Platanares in Honduras

Platanares in the region of Lempira is a town located in Honduras - some 106 mi or ( 170 km ) West of Tegucigalpa , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Platanares

Local time in Platanares is now 09:39 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Tegucigalpa " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Belmopan, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Zacapa, and Puerto Barrios. When in this area, you might want to check out Belmopan . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Platanares ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Virgin Mary Statue Crying in Honduras / extra normal estatua de la Virgen llora

9:53 min by rokanem
Views: 45098 Rating: 4.47

This statue of the Virgin Mary, made by the same artist that made the statue in Medjugorje, is at the Catholic University in Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. The statue cries every day. This is part of ..

Episode 24: Gracias Honduras

2:16 min by halfthrottle
Views: 13096 Rating: 4.50

The village of Gracias in Honduras. Short tour of the village, and a pretty lame video about a hike to find a waterfall that we never did actually find. ..


Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras

10:22 min by talkahuano
Views: 7885 Rating: 5.00

I realize one of these songs is Mexican :P Just enjoy it. Filmed in 2008 on the road from San Pedro to Ocotepeque. ..

La Isla Colinas Sta Barbara Honduras/Rio Ulua

4:11 min by EAMVideosProductions
Views: 5526 Rating: 0.00

Disfrutando de la aldea Y el Rio Ulua. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Talgua

Talgua is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.70 -88.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places in Honduras

Las Flores, Lempira

Las Flores is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. Las Flores is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. It is located at 17 km from Gracias on the paved road that leads to Santa Rosa de Copán. The town is 200 meters away from the paved road.

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Located at 14.70 -88.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places in Honduras

Lempira Department

Lempira is one of the 18 departments of Honduras, Central America, located in the western part of the country with borders with El Salvador. It was named Gracias department until 1943, and the departmental capital is Gracias. In colonial times, Gracias was an early important administrative center for the Spaniards. It eventually lost importance to Antigua, in Guatemala. Lempira is a rugged department, and it is relatively isolated from the rest of the country.

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Located at 14.58 -88.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Departments of Honduras, Lempira Department

Gracias

Gracias is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department. It has a population of approximately 25,000 people (12,000 in the urban center). It is found in the mountainous centre of western Honduras.

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Located at 14.58 -88.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places established in 1536, Populated places in Honduras

San Juan de Opoa

San Juan de Opoa is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán. It was one of the first villages founded by the Spaniards in 1526.

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Located at 14.78 -88.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Copán Department, Populated places in Honduras