Nueva_Ocotepeque

Nueva Ocotepeque

Nueva Ocotepeque

City in Honduras

Nueva Ocotepeque, with a population of 14,900 (2023 calculation),[1] is the capital of the Ocotepeque Department of Honduras. It is situated in the north-south valley of the Lempa River, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the El Salvador border, and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of the Guatemala border.[2][3]

Commercial zone

Nueva Ocotopeque was settled in 1935 after the site of the former town of Ocotepeque was destroyed by flooding of the river.[4] It was briefly occupied by El Salvador during the Football War.

It is served by Nueva Ocotepeque Airport.

Education

My Little Red House Bilingual School, K-8.

Sources

  1. [1]
    Citypopulation.de Population of cities in Honduras
  2. [2]
    "Nueva Ocotepeque". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Nueva Ocotepeque". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. [4]
    Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. New York: Columbia University Press. 1952. p. 1354.

14°26′N 89°11′W


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