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unusual facts about Puerto Castilla, Honduras



1997 Centrobasket

This page shows the results of the 1997 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as the 1997 Centrobasket, which was held in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras from May 25 to June 1, 1997.

1999 Atlantic hurricane season

Flooding also damage five bridges in Honduras, and the cities of Tocoa and Trujillo were isolated as the Aguán and Siline rivers overflowed their banks.

Abner Méndez

Abner Elí Méndez Peña (born 1 August 1988 in Puerto Cortés, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for

Aleksandrs Fertovs

He made his debut for Latvia at full international level on 15 November 2009 in a friendly match against Honduras, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute and replacing Genādijs Soloņicins.

Alex Andino

Alex René Andino Benavídez (born 2 August 1982 in Olanchito, Yoro, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Atletico Limeño in the Honduran second division.

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.

Bryan Arturo Johnson

Bryan Arturo Johnson Sacasa (born 9 October 1989 in El Progreso, Yoro, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who play as centre back for Platense.

Carlos Paez

He made his senior debut for Honduras in a May 2000 friendly match against Canada and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.

Catacamas virus

Catacamas virus is a single-stranded, enveloped novel RNA virus species in the hantavirus genus of the Bunyaviridae family isolated in Oryzomys couesi near the town of Catacamas in eastern Honduras.

Ch'orti'

Ch'orti' people - one of the indigenous Maya peoples of southeastern Guatemala and western Honduras

Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song, and the Power of Perseverance

He introduced his readers to his family members, including how his mother, Lupe, was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and enjoyed dancing and singing with her sisters when she was younger.

Copán Ruinas

The conference is an opportunity for individuals and grassroots organizations to discuss ways to improve the quality of life in Honduras through addressing the social and economic needs of the country, primarily in the areas of education, healthcare, and community building.

Danilo Turcios

Danilo Elvis Turcios Funez (born on 8 May 1978 in Sonaguera, Honduras) is a Honduran football midfielder who currently plays for UPNFM in the Honduran second division.

Doricha

Slender Sheartail Doricha enicura (Vieillot, 1818), Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras.

DRC, Inc.

DRC, Inc. is currently a defendant in a suit by the US Justice Department for which alleges fraud against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) during a contract in support of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras.

Electricity sector in Honduras

Under the Presidency of Carlos Flores, decrees No. 85-98 and 267-98 were approved in 1998 by the Honduras Congress with the aim of promoting the development of renewable energy-generating plants.

Elmer Mejia

Elmer Antonio Mejía Rodríguez (born 23 June 1978, Comayagua, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Real Esteli in the Nicaraguan Primera División.

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.

Franco Güity

Franco Danilo Güity Félix (born 5 December 1987 in Santa Rosa de Aguán, Colón, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as striker or winger for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Real España.

Hendry Córdova

Hendry Alexander Córdova Martínez (born 11 June 1984 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Olimpia in the Honduran National League.

Jeremy I

His court was located near Cabo Gracias a Dios near the Nicaragua-Honduras border, and consisted only of a few houses, not much different from those of his subjects.

Jocelyn Angloma

He also scored the first goal in Guadeloupe's 2–1 quarterfinal win over Honduras on 17 June 2007 at Reliant Stadium in Houston.

José Roberto Figueroa

José Roberto Figueroa Padilla, also known as Macho, (born 15 December 1959 in Coyoles, Olanchito) is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a forward, in Honduras for Motagua, Vida and in Spain for Real Murcia and Hércules.

Joselina García

Married in June 2004 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras with Federico Arrambides, Mexican CPA & MBA.

Júnior Morales

Júnior Exequiel Morales Maradiaga (born 23 March 1978 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as goalkeeper for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Atlético Choloma.

Kerim Gattás Asfura

Kerim M. Gattás Asfura (born February 5, 1976 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a chemist who through his research work has contributed to applied organic chemistry in the field of biomaterials as well as surface and supramolecular chemistry.

Lempa

Lempa River, Central American waterway flowing 422 km from its sources between Sierra Madre and Sierra del Merendón in southern Guatemala (30.4 km), where it is known as Río Olopa, through Honduras (31.4 km) and El Salvador (360 km) to Pacific Ocean; forms small part of Honduras-El Salvador boundary, where it is called Río Lempa

Leonardo Isaula

Leonardo Rubén Isaula George (born 8 February 1977 in Yoro, Honduras) is a Honduran midfielder who currently plays for Atlético Choloma in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Lined lanternshark

The lined lanternshark, Etmopterus bullisi, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Atlantic from North Carolina to northern Florida, and Honduras, between latitudes 34°N and 15°N, at depths of up to 850 m.

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.

Mario Arnaldo Gómez

Mario Arnaldo Gómez Castellanos (born August 12, 1981 in Tela, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer.

Maya codices

The oldest Maya codices known have been found by archaeologists as mortuary offerings with burials in excavations in Uaxactun, Guaytán in San Agustín Acasaguastlán, and Nebaj in El Quiché, Guatemala, at Altun Ha in Belize and at Copán in Honduras.

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.

Michael Curcija

Raul Blanco played him in a striking role alongside Mark Viduka in all of Australia's matches against Italy, Nigeria and Honduras, but he did not score as the Olyroos failed to progress beyond the group phase.

Nicholas Mevoli

He twice won titles at the Deja Blue competition and finished third at the Caribbean Cup in Roatán, Honduras.

Orlin Peralta

Orlin Orlando Peralta Gonzáles (born 12 February 1990 in Guanaja) is a Honduran footballer who plays as a left back for C.D. Motagua.

Paul Carpenter Standley

Paul Carpenter Standley (1884 in Avalon, Missouri – June 2, 1963 Tegucigalpa, Honduras) was an American botanist.

Plátano River

The Plátano River (Banana River) is a river in Honduras which runs through the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve.

Porfirio Lobo Sosa

In December 2008, he once again became the presidential candidate of the PNH and on 29 November 2009 he was elected President of Honduras with 56% of the vote against 38% for his rival Elvin Santos.

Prohibition of drugs

On February 22, 2008 the President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, called on the world to legalize drugs, in order, he said, to prevent the majority of violent murders occurring in Honduras.

Proposed Book of Mormon geographical setting

While there are disagreements about where the “narrow neck of land” resides, e.g. southern Mexico, Honduras, the Isthmus of Rivas between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Panama, the following list of theories can all be categorized as Central American based.

Ramón Maradiaga

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.

Ricardo Jaar

Ricardo Jorge Jaar (born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a Honduran academic and businessman, known for his contributions in higher education and corporate social responsibility.

Rosario Mining Company

The President of Honduras, Marco Aurelio Soto, offered companies that invested in the mine in San Juancinto a 20 year exemption from all taxes.

Solon Borland

Immediately after his arrival in Managua, he called for the US Government to repudiate the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, and for the American military to support Honduras in its confrontation with Great Britain.

Students Helping Honduras

While the majority of its projects are centered on the peripheries of El Progreso, the organization engages in projects throughout all of Honduras.

Tan-Sahsa Flight 414

Tan-Sahsa Flight 414 was a scheduled flight from Managua (MGA), Nicaragua to Tegucigalpa (TGU), Honduras.

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 Caprile

Caprile began his career in Uruguay playing for Cerro and played for several seasons in the Primera División Uruguaya, before moving to clubs in Honduras and Guatemala.


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