15º26N 88º01W, pop (2000e) 404 000. Industrial centre of Honduras, and capital of Cortés department; second largest city in Honduras; airport; railway; trade in bananas, coffee, sugar, timber; textiles, zinc roofing, furniture, cement, plastics, steel rolling.
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Population;• Total (2006) 800,000 • Density |
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| Mayor | Rodolfo Padilla Sunseri |
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English: Saint Peter Sula Spanish: San Pedro Sula |
| Time zone | [[UTC]-6 |
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| Sister cities | Portland, Oregon, USA |
San Pedro Sula is a city in the Central American republic of Honduras.
San Pedro Sula is known as the Industrial Capital of Honduras, due to the many factories, plantations, and businesses concentrated around the city.
History
San Pedro Sula was founded on June 27, 1536, by Pedro de Alvarado with the name Villa de San Pedro de Puerto Caballos. San Pedro becomes San Pedro Sula in the 18th century, after undergoing many transformations of its name.
The Spanish didn't consider the area around San Pedro to be a healthy place to live, preferring the higher, dryer valleys to the west and south. The building of a rail line between San Pedro and the coast, and connecting the banana plantations to the ports of Tela and Puerto Cortes spurred the development of San Pedro as an industrial city.
San Pedro, whose name has evolved over the years to San Pedro Sula (after the mines to the west), was officially recognized as a city by the Congress of Honduras on October 8, 2002, long after it had grown to be the industrial capital of Honduras, and the second largest city in the country.
San Pedro Sula is located at 15°31′10″N, 88°01′50″W
Sister cities
Portland, Oregon, USA
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