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Las Mesas Destination Guide

Explore Las Mesas in Honduras

Las Mesas in the region of Lempira is a town in Honduras - some 90 mi or ( 145 km ) West of Tegucigalpa , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Las Mesas is now 05:36 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Tegucigalpa " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Belize City, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, and Zacapa. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Belmopan . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Las Mesas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Small Villages Via Dirt Roads Stanvan's photos around Belén Gualcho, Honduras (travel pics)

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Grens hoppen Martenijzerman's photos around Gracias, Honduras (aardverschuiving guatemala)

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San Juan Mikeandmary's photos around San Juan, Honduras (san juan honduras)

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Interesting facts about this location

Belén, Honduras

Belén is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. The latitude is 15.75 north, the longitude is 87.93 west, and the altitude is 313 meters. Belén is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. It is located south east from the colonial city of Gracias, following the paved road heading to the Intibuca department. The first big town in Intibuca is called San Juan (del Caite).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.50 -88.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places in Honduras

La Iguala

La Iguala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. La Iguala is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. The municipality capital is also known as "La Iguala Centro". The access to this town is quite a challenge. Both ways will be briefly described here. The first one is to take the road to the other municipalities of San Rafael and La Unión, going up and down mountains for 30 km and through several communities.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.62 -88.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places in Honduras

Lempira Department

Lempira is one of the 18 departments of Honduras, Central America, located in the western part of the country with borders with El Salvador. It was named Gracias department until 1943, and the departmental capital is Gracias. In colonial times, Gracias was an early important administrative center for the Spaniards. It eventually lost importance to Antigua, in Guatemala. Lempira is a rugged department, and it is relatively isolated from the rest of the country.

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Located at 14.58 -88.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Departments of Honduras, Lempira Department

Gracias

Gracias is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department. It has a population of approximately 25,000 people (12,000 in the urban center). It is found in the mountainous centre of western Honduras.

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Located at 14.58 -88.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Lempira Department, Populated places established in 1536, Populated places in Honduras

San Juan, Intibucá

San Juan, Intibucá lies in the western highlands of Honduras between Gracias and La Esperanza. It is located in the department of Intibucá, was founded in 1747 by the Spanish, and has a population of around 1000. San Juan lies in the center of the "Lenca Trail" which runs from Santa Rosa de Copan to Marcala, La Paz. There are still many Lenca groups in the areas surrounding the village center.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.40 -88.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Intibucá Department, Populated places established in 1747, Populated places in Honduras