Amapala
Amapala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Valle.
Amapala | |
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Municipality | |
Catholic cathedral of Amapala | |
Amapala | |
| Coordinates: 13°17′32″N 87°39′14″W | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Departament | Valle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Santos Alberto Cruz Guevara (Liberal Party) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 75.2 km2 (29.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Municipality | 12,743 |
| • Urban | 2,482 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central America) |
It is formed by El Tigre Island and its satellite islets and rocks in the Gulf of Fonseca. It has an area of 75.2 km2 (29.0 sq mi) and a population of 2,482 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 people were living on Isla Comandante). Thanks to a natural deep channel, and despite lacking modern infrastructure, Amapala long served as the main Honduran port in the Pacific Ocean.
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