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Baja Mar Destination Guide

Delve into Baja Mar in Honduras

Baja Mar in the region of Cortés with its 1,064 residents is a city in Honduras - some 132 mi or ( 212 km ) North of Tegucigalpa , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Baja Mar

Current time in Baja Mar is now 07:46 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Tegucigalpa " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Dangriga, Belmopan, San Salvador, Puerto Barrios, and New Guatemala. While being here, make sure to check out Dangriga . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Baja Mar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Miniferia Cienaguita

1:19 min by chorizeroshn
Views: 13471 Rating: 3.55

La gorda en su caballo ..

Hotel Playa, Puerto Cortes, Honduras

2:31 min by fmohod
Views: 7840 Rating: 4.00

This is about a 2 hour drive from Villanueva. If you arrive here and just want to spend a few hours, it's free to use the beach and gazebos. Only thing that's not free is the food. You can get Lobster ..


AIDAaura in Honduras, Jan/2007 - Maya Ruins of Copan

10:36 min by Scheungraber
Views: 407 Rating: 5.00

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God will provide Honduras trip on 9/25/12

9:14 min by sergey krykun
Views: 310 Rating: 5.00

god will provide Internationale mission in honduras ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Estadio Excélsior

Estadio Excelsior is a multi-purpose stadium in Puerto Cortés, Honduras. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Platense. The stadium holds 10,000 people. This stadium was rebuilt during Marlon Lara administration as Mayor of Puerto Cortés

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.85 -87.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Football venues in Honduras, Multi-purpose stadiums in Honduras

Puerto Cortés

Puerto Cortės in a town on the north (Atlantic) coast of Honduras. Originally known as Puerto de Caballos, the present town was founded in the early colonial period. It grew rapidly in the twentieth century, thanks to railroad development and banana production.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 15.88 -87.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Cortés Department, Populated places established in 1524, Populated places in Honduras, Port cities in the Caribbean, Port settlements in Central America

Ulúa River

The Ulúa River is a river in western Honduras. It rises in the central mountainous area of the country close to La Paz and runs 150 miles approximately due northwards to the east end of the Gulf of Honduras at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:15|55|N|87|43|W|region:HN_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki|| | |name= }}. En route, it is joined by the Sulaco River, the Otoro River and the Chamelecón River.

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Located at 15.92 -87.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Geography of Mesoamerica, Rivers of Honduras

Omoa

Omoa is a town and a municipality in the Department of Cortés of the Central American country of Honduras. Omoa is located on a small bay of the same name 18 km. west of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea coast.

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Located at 15.77 -88.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Cortés Department, Populated places established in 1752, Populated places in Honduras

Battle of San Fernando de Omoa

The Battle of San Fernando de Omoa was a short siege and battle between British and Spanish forces fought not long after Spain entered the American Revolutionary War on the American side. On 16 October 1779, following a brief attempt at siege, a force of 150 British soldiers and seamen assaulted and captured the fortifications at San Fernando de Omoa in the Captaincy General of Guatemala on the Gulf of Honduras.

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Located at 15.77 -88.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Battles involving Great Britain, Battles involving Spain, Battles of the American Revolutionary War, Conflicts in 1779, History of Honduras