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Las Canadas Destination Guide

Discover Las Canadas in Honduras

Las Canadas in the region of Lempira is a place located in Honduras - some 93 mi or ( 150 km ) West of Tegucigalpa , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Las Canadas

Local time in Las Canadas is now 12:49 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Tegucigalpa " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your mobility, 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 discovered 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 Las Canadas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

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. ..

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. ..


Calle Principal, Ciudad de Gracias, Lempira, Honduras

0:43 min by wilsonfaa1
Views: 4857 Rating: 5.00

Esta es la calle principal de la antañona ciudad de Gracias, Lempira en Honduras. ..

Small Villages Via Dirt Roads Stanvan's photos around Belén Gualcho, Honduras (travel pics)

0:53 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOW4
Views: 161 Rating: 0.00

Preview of Stanvan's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these vide ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Belén, Honduras

Belén is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. The latitude is 15.75 north, the longitude is 87.93 west, and the altitude is 313 meters. Belén is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. It is located south east from the colonial city of Gracias, following the paved road heading to the Intibuca department. The first big town in Intibuca is called San Juan (del Caite).

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Located at 14.50 -88.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 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 9 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 9 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places established in 1536, Populated places in Honduras

La Iguala

La Iguala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. La Iguala is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. The municipality capital is also known as "La Iguala Centro". The access to this town is quite a challenge. Both ways will be briefly described here. The first one is to take the road to the other municipalities of San Rafael and La Unión, going up and down mountains for 30 km and through several communities.

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Located at 14.62 -88.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places in Honduras

La Campa

La Campa is a municipality and an aldea, or small town, in the Honduran Department of Lempira, located about 18 kilometres by dirt road from Gracias, the largest town in the immediate region. The inhabitants of Gracias, La Campa, and other nearby aldeas, including San Manuel Colohete, are mainly of Lenca descent. Although the aldea is small, there are multiple smaller and spread out satellite communities in the hills above La Campa, such as Cruz Alta.

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Located at 14.47 -88.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places in Honduras