El Jaral
El Jaral is a hamlet in Cortés Department, Honduras. El Jaral is situated nearby to the hamlet El Edén, as well as near the village Los Naranjos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Las Vegas and San Francisco de Yojoa.
Las Vegas
Town
Las Vegas is a town, with a population of 11,270, and a municipality in the Honduran department of Santa Bárbara. Las Vegas is situated 10 km southwest of El Jaral.
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 10 km northeast of El Jaral.
El Jaral
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Jaral” and “Puerto Jaral”
- Category: locality
- Location: Cortés Department, Honduras, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.94352° or 14° 56′ 37″ northLongitude
-88.02048° or 88° 1′ 14″ westElevation
638 metres (2,093 feet)Open location code
766HWXVH+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 5837345371OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3611566
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