It is formed by El Tigre Island and its satellite islets and rocks in the Gulf of Fonseca.
By 31 March, the United States had sent 176 officers and men from the USS Milwaukee (CL-5) to land at Amapala to quell the disturbance.
He died in Amapala in March 1924, suffering from diabetes, after a failed attempt to escape to the United States for insulin treatment.
Ramón Enrique Maradiaga Chávez (born 30 October 1954 in Amapala, Honduras) is a retired Honduran football player who currently serves as coach of Guatemalan side Municipal.
Negotiations ended with the signing of an agreement aboard the USS Milwaukee in the port of Amapala.
Together Isla Zacate Grande, Isla Comandante and a few tiny satellite islets and rocks, it forms the municipality of Amapala, with an area of 75.2 km² and a population of 9,687 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 people were living on Isla Comandante).
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