San Pedro Sula

San Pedro Sula "Usula (Valley of Birds)"
San Pedro Sula
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Nickname(s):  La Capital Industrial
San Pedro Sula
Coordinates: 15°30′0″N 88°2′0″W / 15.50000°N 88.03333°W / 15.50000; -88.03333
Country	Honduras
Department	Cortés
Municipio (County)	San Pedro Sula
Foundation	June 1536
Government
• Mayor	Roberto Contreras (Libre)
Area
• Urban	840 km2 (320 sq mi)
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Population  (2010)[1][2]
• City	873,824
• Density	2,427.7/km2 (6,288/sq mi)
• Metro	1,245,598
Time zone	UTCUTC(−6GMT)
Climate	Aw

San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. With 873,824 people in the main municipality, and 1,245,598 in its metro area (2010), it is the second largest city, after the capital Tegucigalpa. It is considered the industrial center^[3] of Honduras. It is the capital of the Cortés Department.

1. ↑ "Honduras: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazeteer. Retrieved 22 May 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. ↑ "Honduras: metropolitan areas". World Gazeteer. Retrieved 24 February 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. ↑ "San Pedro Sula becomes popular convention destination". Archived from the original on 2001-08-23. Retrieved 2013-03-05.