City

Siguatepeque

Central America

Siguatepeque is a city in Comayagua department in the central highlands of Honduras, along the main highway between Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. Its cool climate supports coffee cultivation and pine forestry, and the city is home to Honduras's National School of Forest Sciences, a national center for forestry education. Siguatepeque functions as a commercial waypoint for highland communities between the country's two largest cities.

Facts
Population
95,121 1
Area (sq km)
392.2 1
Founding Year
1689 2
Population Estimate Year
2013 1
Elevation (m)
1066 1
Latitude
14.597778 degrees north 1
Longitude
87.835311 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-06:00 3
Sources
1. Siguatepeque (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 95,121 (2013)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 14.597778, longitude -87.835311
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1066 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 392.2 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 95121 (2013)
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2. Siguatepeque (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia infobox 'Founded' = '1689' on 'Siguatepeque'
  • In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Siguatepeque - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3601311
    14.59691 -87.83102 P PPL HN 04 0318 127468 1082 America/Tegucigalpa
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1082 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 14.75, -87.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 14.75, -87.75
14.75 -87.75 Aw
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