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TEGUCIGALPA

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 506 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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capital of See also:Honduras and of the depart-merit of Tegucigalpa; situated 3200 ft. above See also:sea-level, on the See also:river Choluteca, and at the See also:head of a railway to the See also:port of See also:San Lorenzo on See also:Fonseca See also:Bay. Pop. (1905) about 35,000. Tegucigalpa is the largest and finest See also:city in the See also:republic. The See also:majority of its houses are of one See also:storey, built See also:round a central See also:court; the windows are usually unglazed but protected by See also:iron bars which project into the narrow cobble-paved streets. The See also:focus of civic See also:life is near the central See also:park, in which stands a See also:bronze equestrian statue of Francisco Morazan (1792-1842), the Hondurian statesman and soldier. Fronting the park is a domed. See also:cathedral, one of the largest and most ornate churches in Honduras. Other noteworthy buildings are the See also:government offices, university, school of See also:industry and See also:art, See also:national See also:printing See also:works, and See also:law courts. A lofty ten-arched See also:bridge over the Choluteca connects the city with its See also:principal suburb, See also:Concepcion or Comayaguela. Tegucigalpa became capital of Honduras, a status it had previously shared with See also:Comayagua, in 1880. During the 18th See also:century the neighbourhood was famous for its See also:gold, See also:silver and See also:marble, but in See also:modern times the mines and quarries have greatly declined in value, and farming is the See also:chief See also:local industry. In 1907 Tegucigalpa was occupied by the Nicaraguan invaders.

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