Choloma is a city and municipality in Honduras's Cortes department, south of Puerto Cortes and north of San Pedro Sula, and is the third largest city in Honduras with a municipal population of 296,952 at a 2023 projection, of which about 220,300 lived in the urban area. Its economy rests heavily on factories drawn by low labour costs, including many transnational companies operating in the country's tax-free zones.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude15.612711 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Choloma (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1894-05-13T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 231,668 (2013)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 15.612711, longitude -87.950694
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 40 m
P2046 (area)
area 466.7 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 231668 (2013)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Choloma - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3613533
15.61444 -87.95302 P PPLA2 HN 06 0502 139100 41 America/Tegucigalpa
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 41 m
View the Source 3. 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 15.75, -87.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 15.75, -87.75
15.75 -87.75 Af
Wikidata: Choloma
Wikidata Q998218, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Choloma (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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