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Choluteca

Central America

Choluteca is a municipality and the capital city of the Honduran department of the same name. Situated in southern Honduras between El Salvador and Nicaragua, the city is generally considered the regional centre of southern Honduras and is a major transit point on the Pan-American Highway.

Facts
Population
175,056 1
Area (sq km)
1072 1
Founding Year
1522 1
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Latitude
13.30278 degrees north 1
Longitude
87.18333 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-06:00 2
Sources
1. Choluteca, Honduras - Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    Choluteca's population of 99,980 (2023 calculation) makes it the seventh largest city in the country.
  • Infobox, Area
    1,072 km2 (414 sq mi)
  • Infobox: established_date1
    1522
  • Infobox, coordinates latitude
    13.30278°N
  • Infobox, coordinates longitude
    87.18333°W
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2. GeoNames: Ciudad Choluteca - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3613528
    13.30569 -87.17882 P PPLA HN 02 0601 75872 45 America/Tegucigalpa
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 45 m
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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 13.25, -87.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 13.25, -87.25
13.25 -87.25 Aw
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Wikidata: Choluteca
Wikidata Q1773148, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Choluteca (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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