Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa (Spaingie pronunciation: [teɣusiˈɣalpa]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Honduras. Tegucigalpa is an aa the caipital o Honduras's Francisco Morazán Depairtment.

Tegucigalpa Municipio del Distrito Central Municipality o the Central Destrict
Ceety
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. Previous names Villa de Tegucigalpa[note 1] Real Villa de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa y Heredia[note 2] Real de Minas de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa[note 3]
Top left: Alliance Tower; top richt: Sky Residence Tower; middle: Leukin sooth frae Lomas del Mayab; bottom left: Clarion Hotel; bottom richt: Lafise Tower. Top left: Alliance Tower; top richt: Sky Residence Tower; middle: Leukin sooth frae Lomas del Mayab; bottom left: Clarion Hotel; bottom richt: Lafise Tower.
Banner Official seal of Tegucigalpa Seal
Eik-name(s):  Tegus,[1] Tepaz,[2] Cerro de Plata (Silver Mountain)[3]
Location o the Central Destrict athin the Depairtment o Francisco Morazán
Tegucigalpa Location o Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. in Honduras.
Coordinates: 14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.100°N 87.217°W / 14.100; -87.217
Kintra	Honduras
Depairtment	Francisco Morazán
Municipality	Central Destrict
Foondit	29 September 1578
Caipital	30 October 1880
Mergit as Central Destrict	30 Januar 1937
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-Cooncil
• Bodi	Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Ricardo Álvarez (PNH)[4]
• Vice Mayor	Juan Diego Zelaya Aguilar[5]
• Aldermen	10 First Alderman - Wilmer R. Neal Velásquez (PNH);[5] Seicont Alderman - Mario E. Rivera Callejas (PNH); Third Alderwoman - Elisa Ramirez Funez (PNH); Fowert Alderwumman - Lorenza Duron Lopez (PNH); Fift Alderman - Eliseo Castro Pavón (PLH); Saxt Alderman - Julio Salgado (PNH); Seivent Alderwumman - Doris A. Gutierrez (I); Aicht Alderman - Douglas Ortega (PLH); Nint Alderwoman - Estela Hernandez (PNH); Tent Alderman - Carlos Andino Benitez (UD).
• General Manager	José Oswaldo Guillén
• Municipal Secretary	Cosette Lopez Osorio
Area
• Ceety	201.5 km2 (77.8 sq mi)
• Central Destrict	1396.5 km2 (539.2 sq mi)
Elevation	990 m (3250 ft)
Population  (2010 estimate)
• Ceety	1 126 534
• Density	5604.6/km2 (14,516/sq mi)
• Metro	1 324 000
• Metro density	948.08/km2 (2,455.5/sq mi)
• Demonym	Spaingie: teguicigalpense comayagüelense capitalino(a)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Americae)
Postal code	Tegucigalpa: 11101,[6] Comayagüela: 12101[6]
Area code(s)	(kintra) +504 (ceety) 2[7]
Annual budget (2008)	1.555 billion lempiras (US$82,189,029)
Website	Govrenment o Tegucigalpa

The Choluteca River crosses the ceety frae north tae sooth an dividit in twa zones: the actual Tegucigalpa, east, an Comayagüela, ceety Tegucigalpa merged wi 1898, wast. Baith are the Central Destrict Municipality, based constitutional govrenment o the Honduras an the Archdiocese o Tegucigalpa.

It is the poleetical an economic centre o Honduras. The maist important economic activities in the ceety are trade, construction, services textile, the succar an snuff.