Peña Blanca
Peña Blanca is a village in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortés Department and has about 32,800 residents. Peña Blanca is situated nearby to the hamlet El Edén, as well as near the village El Tigre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 32,800 residents
- Description: human settlement in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
- Also known as: “Pena Blanca” and “Peña Blanca, Honduras”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Los Naranjos Ecological & Archeological Park.
Los Naranjos Ecological & Archeological Park
Archaeological site
Photo: Luis Alfredo Romero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Los Naranjos is the name for an archaeological region in western Honduras. It lies on the north border of Lake Yojoa. It is significant to the region because of its implications for determining where the Mayan frontier existed, as well as which ancient peoples were in contact and what relations between "tribes" may have been like. Los Naranjos Ecological & Archeological Park is situated 3½ km south of Peña Blanca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Francisco de Yojoa.
San Francisco de Yojoa
Town
San Francisco de Yojoa is a municipality in the Honduran department of Cortés. Its religious composition is majority Christian, with a lesser presence of Christian Evangelics. The town is located in the region around Lake Yojoa. San Francisco de Yojoa is situated 8 km northeast of Peña Blanca.
Peña Blanca
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortés Department, Honduras, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.96928° or 14° 58′ 9″ northLongitude
-88.02763° or 88° 1′ 40″ westPopulation
32,800Elevation
633 metres (2,077 feet)Open location code
766HXX9C+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 310741303OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3603860Wikidata ID
Q6073802
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In Other Languages
“Peña Blanca” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Peña Blanca (Honduras)”
- Spanish: “Peña Blanca”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include IHCAFE and Balneario El Nacimiento Peña Blanca.
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