Everything about Col N Department totally explained
Colón is one of the 18
departments into which the
Central American nation of
Honduras is divided. It was created in 1881. The departmental capital is
Trujillo, and the other main city is
Tocoa. Trujillo was the site of the first Catholic Mass in the American mainland, held when Christopher Columbus reached the Honduran shore in 1502.
Colon harbors a substantial
Garifuna population and has pristine beaches and rainforested national parks. The Fort of Santa Barbara, built by the Spaniards in the colonial era, was the site of the execution of US filibuster
William Walker in Trujillo, and his remains are buried in the city's graveyard.
The department covers a total surface area of 8,875 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 266,755 people.
- Balfate
- Bonito Oriental
- Iriona
- Limón
- Sabá
- Santa Fé
- Santa Rosa de Aguán
- Sonaguera
- Tocoa
- Trujillo
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