Gracias

Gracias is a small town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of . The municipality has a population of 61,421 and the town a population of 18,550. It is located in the mountainous center of western Honduras.
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  • Type: City with 50,300 residents
  • Description: city in Honduras
  • Also known as: Gracias, Lempira

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Cristóbal fortress and Celaque Airport.

Castle
The is located in the city of Gracias, department of Lempira, built on a small hill above the city, which was formerly the center of the town of Gracias Lempira, which was once the capital of New Spain and headquarters of the Real…

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the town of Gracias in , . The airport was inaugurated in 2013. There is high terrain southwest of the airport. The Soto Cano VORTAC is located 57.6 nautical miles east of the airport.

Gracias

Latitude
14.5889° or 14° 35′ 20″ north
Longitude
-88.5805° or 88° 34′ 50″ west
Population
50,300
Elevation
805 metres (2,641 feet)
IATA airport code
GAC
United Nations Location Code
HN GAC
Open location code
766HHCQ9+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13235480977
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3609586
Wiki­data ID
Q2561339
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Gracias” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غراسياس، هندوراس
  • Asturian: Gracias
  • Basque: Gracias
  • Bengali: গ্রাসিয়াস
  • Catalan: Gracias
  • Cebuano: Gracias
  • Chinese: Gracias
  • Chinese: 格拉西亚斯
  • Chinese: 格拉西亞斯
  • Danish: Gracias
  • Dutch: Gracias
  • Egyptian Arabic: جراسياس
  • Esperanto: Gracias
  • Finnish: Gracias
  • French: Gracias
  • Galician: Gracias
  • German: Gracias
  • Greek: Γκράσιας
  • Gujarati: ગ્રેસિયસ
  • Hebrew: גרסיאס
  • Hindi: ग्रासिअस
  • Hungarian: Gracias
  • Indonesian: Gracias
  • Italian: Gracias
  • Japanese: グラシアス
  • Kannada: ಗ್ರೇಸಿಯಾಸ್
  • Korean: 그라시아스
  • Latvian: Grasjasa
  • Lithuanian: Grasjasas
  • Luxembourgish: Gracias
  • Malay: Gracias
  • Marathi: ग्रासियास
  • Marathi: ग्रेशियस
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gracias
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gracias
  • Persian: گرسیاس
  • Polish: Gracias
  • Portuguese: Gracias
  • Russian: Грасиас
  • Russian: Грасьяс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gracias
  • Sinhala: ග්‍රසියාස්
  • Spanish: Gracias
  • Swedish: Gracias
  • Tamil: க்ராஸியஸ்
  • Telugu: గ్రాసియాస్
  • Thai: กราเซียส
  • Turkish: Gracias
  • Ukrainian: Грасіас
  • Urdu: گراسیاس
  • Vietnamese: Gracias
  • Waray (Philippines): Gracias, Lempira
  • Waray (Philippines): Gracias
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