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8 unusual facts about Puerto Cortés


Abner Méndez

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

Domingo Drummond

Born in Puerto Cortés, Drummond played his entire career for local side Platense in the Honduran National League, as a defender.

Edgar Álvarez

Édgar or Edgard Anthony Álvarez Reyes (born 9 January 1980 in Puerto Cortés) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Platense in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras.

Elvis Scott

Elvis Geovany Scott Ruiz (born 1 August 1978 in Puerto Cortés) is a Honduran football striker, who plays for Guatemalan side Juventud Retalteca.

Eugenio Dolmo Flores

Mario Eugenio Dolmo Flores (born 31 July 1965 in Puerto Cortés) is a retired Honduran footballer.

Francisco de Montejo

In 1533, Montejo received a royal decree giving him permission to conquer Puerto Caballos and Naco in Honduras.

Hilder Colón

Hilder Jobany Colón Alvarez (born 6 April 1989 in Puerto Cortés) is a Honduran footballer who play as centre back for Real España in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Reynaldo Clavasquín

José Reynaldo Clavasquín Bejarano (born 28 January 1972 in Puerto Cortés) is a retired Honduran football defender and current manager for Valle.


Afro-Central American

Some of these Africans also transported metals from mines in Guatemala to the Atlantic coast ports of Trujillo or Puerto de Caballos in modern day Honduras.

Economy of Honduras

Since the late 1970s, towns in the north began industrial production through maquiladoras, especially in San Pedro Sula and Puerto Cortés.

Francisco de las Casas

Cortés ordered the founding of two cities, Nuestra Señora de la Navidad, near modern Puerto Cortés, and Trujillo, and named Francisco de las Casas Governor.


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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.