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Tegucigalpa
14.10° N, 87.22° W
- Population
- 946,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 18
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 18 cities of Honduras in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Honduras, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1578
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 990 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 202 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Distrito Central
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- America/Tegucigalpa
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Tegucigalpa, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Tegucigalpa have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
A Nahuatl word meaning "silver mountain" gives Tegucigalpa its name, probably referring to nearby silver mines.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
