Yarumela

Yarumela also known as El Chircal, is one of the archeological sites located in and based around the Middle Formative era in Mesoamerican history, occupied between 1000 BC and AD 250 by the ancestors of the Lencan culture, also known as the Proto-Lencan people.
  • Village with about 3,060 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 600 metres (1,980 feet)
  • Description: archeological site in Honduras

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Latitude
14.33648° or 14° 20′ 11″ north
Longitude
-87.64348° or 87° 38′ 37″ west
UN/LOCODE
HN YAR
Open location code
766J89P4+HJ
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place = village
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Yarumela” goes by many names.
ЯрумелаBulgarian
YarumelaCebuano
ヤルメラJapanese
YarumelaSwedish
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