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unusual facts about La Ceiba, Atlántida



Arnold Peralta

Arnold Fabian Peralta Sosa (born 29 March 1989 in La Ceiba, Honduras) is a footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Rangers in Scottish League One and the Honduras national football team.

Atlántida, Uruguay

In the nearby resort Villa Argentina, "El Águila" is an enigmatic and attractive stone building that gave rise to several legends, from a smuggler's haven, a Nazi observatory and a "cosmic energy centre".

Atlántida is also the name of the municipality to which the town belongs and which includes a few more resort towns to the north and to the west of the town, i.e. Estación Atlántida, City Golf, Villa Argentina, Fortín de Santa Rosa and rural areas to their north.

Banana production in Honduras

A census of 1899 revealed that northern Honduras had over 1,000 people in the region between Puerto Cortés and La Ceiba (and inland as far as San Pedro Sula) tending bananas, most of them small holders.

Brasiliense Futebol Clube

He bought the team called Atlântida Futebol Clube of Taguatinga and renamed it Brasiliense Futebol Clube.

Brayan Beckeles

Brayan Antonio Beckeles (born 28 November 1985 in La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras) is a Honduran football player who currently plays for Olimpia in the Honduran Premier League.

C.D. Atlántida

Club Deportivo Atlántida is a Honduran soccer club based on La Ceiba, Honduras, founded in 1927.

C.D. Marathón

At that time, Gonzalo Zelaya (who was champion with Sport Club and Social Vida two years earlier) of La Ceiba was the team coach.

C.D.Real Mallorca

C.D. Real Mallorca is a Honduran soccer club based in La Ceiba, Honduras.

C.D.S. Vida

Club Deportivo y Social Vida, or simply Vida, is an Honduran association football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida.

El Clásico Ceibeño (La Ceiba derby) is a football match played between C.D. Victoria and C.D.S. Vida, both teams from La Ceiba, Honduras.

Carlos Paez

In April 2001, Paes, son of Olimpia's former Brazilian striker Ernesto Paes de Oliveira and Elvira Bustillo, was arrested by police in La Ceiba for carrying cocaine with him in his car.

Christian Samir Martínez

Christian Samir Martínez Centeno (born 8 September 1990 in La Ceiba) is an Honduran football striker, currently playing for Motagua.

Economy of Honduras

Asian-owned export assembly firms (maquiladoras), operating mostly in free zones established by the government on the Caribbean coast, attract thousands of job seekers and swell the populations of new city centers such as San Pedro Sula, Tela, and La Ceiba.

Eduardo Arriola

Eduardo Alonso Arriola Carter (born 11 October 1972 in Tela, Atlántida) is a retired Honduran football player.

Eduardo Bennett

José Eduardo Bennett (born 11 September 1968 in La Ceiba) is a retired Honduran footballer.

Edwin Yobani Avila

Edwin Yobani Ávila Martínez (born October 26, 1976 in La Ceiba) is a Honduran football defender who currently plays for Platense in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Francisco Antonio López

Francisco Antonio "Kalimba" López Benediht (born October 14, 1989 in Tela, Atlántida, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who plays for Platense as a Midfielder in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Francisco Antonio Pavón

Francisco Antonio Pavón Rodríguez (born 28 January 1977 in La Ceiba) is a retired Honduran professional football midfielder who most prominently played for local side Vida.

Francisco Javier Reyes

Francisco Javier Reyes Acosta (born 7 February 1990 in La Ceiba, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Olimpia.

Ipanema, Porto Alegre

The streets in Ipanema were name after Rio Grande do Sul coast beaches, like Atlântida, Cassino, Capão da Canoa, Cidreira, Torres and Tramandaí.

John Alston Bodden

John Alston Hoore Bodden (born 3 October 1981 in La Ceiba, Honduras) is a Honduran goalkeeper who currently plays for Victoria in the Honduran National League.

Júnior Lacayo

Junior Alberto Lacayo Rochez (born 19 August 1995 in La Ceiba, Honduras) is a Honduran football player who currently plays as a striker for Club Santos Laguna in the Liga MX.

La Ceiba Bilingual School

La Ceiba Bilingual School (or CBS) is a bilingual (English/Spanish) school located in La Ceiba, Honduras.

La Ceiba Carnival

The La Ceiba Carnival (Gran Carnaval Internacional de La Ceiba) is an annual celebration in La Ceiba, Honduras held every third or fourth Saturday of May.

Low-cost carrier

On September 9, 2011, EasySky started operations in Honduras, using the low cost model, serving continental City of La Ceiba and the island of Roatán in the Western Caribbean using a Boeing 737-200.

Marvin Chávez

Marvin Antonio Chávez (born November 3, 1983 in La Ceiba) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.

Mazapan School

Owned and operated by Standard Fruit de Honduras (Dole), Mazapan School is located in La Ceiba, Honduras.

The company had the dilemma of keeping valuable expatriate employees with children in La Ceiba, Honduras.

Milton Ruiz

Milton Josué Ruiz ( born January 17, 1988 in La Ceiba) is a Honduran football player who currently plays as a forward for Real Sociedad.

Obed Enamorado

Obed Israel Enamorado Palacios (born 15 September 1985 in Tela, Atlantida, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Vida.

Pico Bonito National Park

Pico Bonito National Park is located on the northern area of Honduras, in the mountain range called Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Pico Bonito is a mountain located in the municipality of El Porvenir, near the coastal city of La Ceiba in Honduras.

Roger Mondragón

He made its professional debut in the 2010–11 season and he scored his first goal on 11 September 2010 in La Ceiba against C.D.S. Vida in the last minute of play and tied the game 2–2.

Standard Fruit Company

Its forerunner was started in 1899, when Sicilian immigrants Joseph, Luca and Felix Vaccaro, together with Salvador D'Antoni, began importing bananas to New Orleans from La Ceiba, Honduras.

Steve Van Buren

Van Buren was born in La Ceiba, Honduras but, after he was orphaned as a boy, he was sent to live with relatives in New Orleans.

Teleceiba

Teleceiba, also known as Canal 7, is a television station located in La Ceiba, Honduras.

Timeline of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season

1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Two develops from an area of low pressure roughly 25 mi (40 km) north-northwest of La Ceiba, Honduras.

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Other major campuses include the Unah-vs (UNAH Valle de Sula) located at San Pedro Sula, the Centro Universitario Regional del Litoral Atlantico (CURLA) located at La Ceiba, and the Comayagua Campus.

Vaccaro brothers

Their sister, Maria Vaccaro married Salvador D'Antoni and the Vaccaro brothers and D'Antoni pooled their resources and began importing bananas and fresh produce from La Ceiba, Honduras in 1899.

Walter Nahún López

His first game in the Honduran league was on 16 November 1997 wearing the Platense's shirt in La Ceiba against Vida.

Williams Reyes

Williams Enrique Reyes Rodríguez (born October 30, 1976 in La Ceiba, Honduras) is a Honduran-born Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Salvadoran side Dragon.

Wilmer Crisanto

Despite his impressive season with the reserves, the team chose not to buy the player after his six-month trial and on December 18, 2008 he returned to Honduras to play with the team that saw him take shape, Victoria of his hometown La Ceiba.


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