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La Ceiba

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La Ceiba is a municipality on Honduras's northern Caribbean coast and capital of Atlantida Department, officially founded on 23 August 1877 and named for a giant ceiba tree that grew near its old dock. The fourth most populous city in Honduras with a population of 232,696 at a 2023 projection, it is known as the country's Eco-Tourism Capital and Entertainment Capital and grew on banana and pineapple exports led by companies such as Standard Fruit.

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