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unusual facts about La Unión, Olancho


La Unión, Honduras

La Unión, Olancho - a municipality in the department of Olancho in Honduras


Albert Schaufelberger

Schaufelberger had responsibility, among other duties, for naval operations in the Gulf of Fonseca which were run out of the La Union naval base.

Alejo Mabanag

Alejo R. Mabanag (born July 14, 1886 – ?) was a Filipino politician born in San Fernando, La Union, to Liberato Mabanag of Calamanugan, Cagayan and Manuela Ragojo of Bangar, La Union.

Atlético Olanchano

Atlético Olanchano was founded as Campamento in 1974 and originally played their games in Campamento, Olancho.

Catacamas

Catacamas, called the Florida City by the great poet and writer Froylán Turcios, extends over a vast plain irrigated by the Rio Guayape in the heart of the luxuriant department of Olancho.

Ch'orti' people

Currently, the majority of the Ch'orti are located in Guatemala (in Chiquimula, Jocotan, Esquipulas, Quezaltenango and La Union).

Constitutional reform in the Philippines

Meanwhile, Representative Victor Ortega of La Union, chairman of the House committee on constitutional amendments said, the results of his survey showed that 115 (94.26%) of the 123 solons were in favor of amending the Constitution.

Controversies in the Philippine general election, 2010

In La Union, four were hurt when a homemade bomb exploded in a corridor of the Saint Nicholas Academy.

DWGD-TV

It was only 2008 when the station was converted to an originating GMA station in Pangasinan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Zambales, Benguet, La Union, Ifugao, Mountain Province and Northern Parts of Ilocos Sur are Tagudin, Suyo, Alilem, Sugpon and Cervantes.

DZVV

Bombo Radyo Vigan provides news, public service, drama and music for radio listeners in Vigan City, and the province of Abra (in the Cordilleras) and Ilocos Sur, though its signal can be received as far as San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte to the north and the northernmost portion of province of La Union, even Sual, Pangasinan, to the south.

Ernesto Ochoa

José Ernesto Ochoa Fuentes (born June 21, 1986 in La Unión, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who most recently played for Aspirante in the Salvadoran second division.

Estadio Municipal de La Unión

Estadio Municipal de La Unión is a multi-use stadium in La Unión, Piura, Peru.

Green-backed Sparrow

Arremonops chloronotus twomeyi can be found in the Olancho and Yoro departments of north-central Honduras.

Ilocos Sur

In 1854, the province of La Unión was created out of the towns that had heretofore belonged to Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan.

Kennon Road

The other roads are Marcos Highway (also known as Ben Palispis Highway in Benguet and as the Jose Aspiras Highway in La Union) from Agoo town, and Naguilian Road from Bauang both in La Union province.

La Unión, Honduras

La Unión, Copán - a municipality in the department of Copán in Honduras

La Unión, Lempira

There is Abundant Life Christian School a bilingual school in La Unión, as well as public elementaries.

La Unión, Olancho

As early as 1852, there was a village called San Francisco de Yocon, which was burned by guerrillas under the command of General José María Medina, who became President of Honduras in 1868.

Between the years 1876-1883 La Unión was reestablished by decree from President Marco Aurelio Soto.

When the government of President Roberto Suazo Córdova with guidance from the deputy for Olancho, Mr. Alejandro Carcamo, formalized its operation they renamed it Instituto Superacion Franciscana.

Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar

The bahay na bato (Tagalog, literally meaning great houses made of stone) which have stone foundations on the first floor and are made of wood on the second floor(constructed thus to withstand earthquakes), were transplanted from Manila (Tondo, Binondo and Quiapo), Quezon City, Pampanga, La Union, the Ilocos and Cagayan

Talgua caves

Talgua Cave, (“The Cave of the Glowing Skulls”; “Cueva del Rio Talgua”), is a cave located in the Olancho Valley in the municipality of Catacamas in northeastern Honduras.

Víctor Velásquez

Víctor Manuel Velásquez Molina (born April 12, 1976 in La Unión) is a retired Salvadoran football player.

Xiomara Castro

Immediately after the wedding, they made their home in Catacamas, Olancho.

Zapato 3

By 1995 the band had already gone all over Venezuela, have had over five concerts in Mexico and by 1997 had played in cities like Miami with bands like Soda Stereo, La Unión and other Venezuelan bands, such as, Desorden Público, Sentimiento Muerto, La Misma Gente, Seguridad Nacional, Aditus, Radio Clip, and Feedback.


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