Jericó
Jericó is a village in Colón Department, Honduras and has about 2,360 residents. Jericó is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia Los Arcos, as well as near Colonia Capiro.- Type: Village with 2,360 residents
- Description: human settlement in Honduras
- Also known as: “Jerico”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Bárbara fortress and St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Trujillo.
Santa Bárbara fortress
Castle
Photo: stanleyatala, CC BY 3.0.
The Fortress of Santa Bárbara, also known as El Castillo, is located in the city of Trujillo in the department of Colón, Honduras. The fortress is the oldest European building built for military purposes by Spanish settlers in american mainland. Santa Bárbara fortress is situated 3 km southwest of Jericó.
St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Trujillo
Church
The St. John the Baptist Cathedral, or Trujillo Cathedral, is a Catholic church located in the northern city of Trujillo, Colón, Honduras. It should not be confused with Catholic cathedrals of other cities with the same name in Trujillo, Peru and Trujillo, Venezuela. St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Trujillo is situated 3 km southwest of Jericó.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trujillo and Puerto Castilla.
Trujillo
Trujillo is the capital of the Colon Department in Caribbean Honduras with approximately 65,000 inhabitants.
Puerto Castilla
Village
Puerto Castilla is a village in the Colón Department of Honduras located approximately 20 kilometres north of Trujillo. This port city on the Caribbean Sea was the one-time site of the United Fruit Company's Castilla Division which specialized in the growth, cultivation and shipments of the Gros Michel banana. Puerto Castilla is situated 9 km north of Jericó.
Jericó
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Colón Department, Honduras, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
15.9343° or 15° 56′ 4″ northLongitude
-85.92918° or 85° 55′ 45″ westPopulation
2,360Open location code
767PW3MC+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 11100838781OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jericó” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jericó”
- Spanish: “Jericó”
- Swedish: “Jericó”
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