Southern Honduras

Introducing Southern Honduras

Honduras touches the Pacific with a 124km coastline on the Golfo de Fonseca. Bordered by the gulf on the seaward side and by hills on the land side, the strip of land here is part of the hot coastal plain that extends down the Pacific side of Central America through several countries. It’s a fertile agricultural and fishing region; much of Tegucigalpa’s fish, shrimp, rice, sugarcane and hot-weather fruits (like watermelon) come from this area. Honduras’ Pacific port is at San Lorenzo.

Southern Honduras is much traveled; it is where the Interamericana crosses Honduras, carrying all the north- and southbound traffic of Central America, and also where the highway branches north from the Interamericana toward the rest of Honduras.

Last updated: Mar 2, 2009