Protección

Protección is a municipality in the Honduran department of . Protección has about 13,700 residents and an elevation of 970 metres.
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  • Type: Town with 13,700 residents
  • Description: municipality in Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
  • Also known as: “Proteccion”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naranjito.

Town
Photo: Nelson21786, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the department of , Honduras. It covers an area of 130.5 km2 and had a population of 11,901 inhabitants according to the 2013 national census. is situated 9 km southwest of Protección.

Protección

Latitude
15.02739° or 15° 1′ 39″ north
Longitude
-88.64751° or 88° 38′ 51″ west
Population
13,700
Elevation
970 metres (3,182 feet)
Open location code
767H29G2+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2457629810
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3603256
Wiki­data ID
Q2362030
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Protección” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Protección (Honduras)”
  • Basque: “Protección”
  • Cebuano: “Protección”
  • Chinese: “Protección”
  • Chinese: “普羅特克西翁”
  • Dutch: “Protección”
  • Esperanto: “Protección”
  • French: “Protección”
  • German: “Protección”
  • Italian: “Protección”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Protección”
  • Portuguese: “Protección”
  • Spanish: “Protección”
  • Swedish: “Protección”
  • Urdu: “پروتیسسیون”
  • “Protección”

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