San Pedro Sula travel guide

San Pedro Sula is a city in the Central American Republic of Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Sula Valley, some 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With an estimated population of 900,000 people (2006 estimate) in its metro area, it is the second largest city in the country behind the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, and is considered the economic heartland of Honduras. It is the capital of Honduras's Cortés department.
San Pedro Sula is known as the Industrial Capital of Honduras, due to the many factories, plantations, and businesses concentrated around the city.
The city has a museum of archeology and history, which includes both Pre-Columbian artifacts and expositions detailing the evolution of the city. The cigar making business is important here, as are garment assembly plants, known as maquiladoras. Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) is one of the major airports in Honduras. Real C.D. España is their best known football team while Club Deportivo Marathón is the most popular team in this city. There is the Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, Estadio Francisco Morazan and Estadio Yankel Rosenthal. (...) more....

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