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Discover Quebrada La Penca in Honduras

Quebrada La Penca in the region of Lempira is a place located in Honduras - some 90 mi or ( 144 km ) West of Tegucigalpa , the country's capital .

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Local time in Quebrada La Penca is now 05:37 AM (Sunday) . 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, Belize City, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, and Zacapa. 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 Quebrada La Penca ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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

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Grens hoppen Martenijzerman's photos around Gracias, Honduras (aardverschuiving guatemala)

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San Juan Mikeandmary's photos around San Juan, Honduras (san juan honduras)

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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.62 -88.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places in Honduras

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).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.50 -88.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 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 14 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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.58 -88.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places established in 1536, Populated places in Honduras

San Francisco de Opalaca

San Francisco de Opalaca is a municipality in the Honduran department of Intibucá. The municipality also lends its name to a contemporary electro-punk fusion collective from Osaka, currently touring Denmark with their album 'I call it Nature'.

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Located at 14.58 -88.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Intibucá Department, Populated places in Honduras