Honduras
Honduran Highlands
Copán Department

Copán Ruinas

Copán was one of the great centers of Maya civilization over a thousand years ago. The beautiful ruins have some of the most impressive pre-Columbian art anywhere.
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  • Type: Town with 29,400 residents
  • Description: municipality in Copán Department, Honduras
  • Also known as: “Copan Ruinas”

Copán Ruinas

Latitude
14.8386° or 14° 50′ 19″ north
Longitude
-89.156° or 89° 9′ 22″ west
Population
29,400
Elevation
1,019 metres (3,343 feet)
Open location code
766GRRQV+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 311718357
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3613227
Wiki­data ID
Q2191693
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Copán Ruinas” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Catalan: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Cebuano: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Chinese: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Chinese: “科潘魯伊納斯”
  • Dutch: “Copán Ruinas”
  • French: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Italian: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Japanese: “コパン・ルイナス”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Polish: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Portuguese: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Spanish: “Copán Ruinas”
  • Swedish: “Copán Ruinas”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Copán Ruinas”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.