natural wonder
Lake Yojoa
Honduras's largest natural lake, ringed by volcanic mountains and coffee country on the main Tegucigalpa-San Pedro Sula highway: famous for its strip of lakeside fried-fish stalls.
16 km · about 20 min drive
North AmericaHondurasCortés Department
Santa Cruz de Yojoa
Cortés Department, Honduras · North America
About Santa Cruz de Yojoa
Santa Cruz de Yojoa is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Oropéndolas, 16km from Lake Yojoa.
Santa Cruz de Yojoa is in Cortés Department, Honduras, with about 98,000 people. The nearest town is Oropéndolas, about 6 km away.
Santa Cruz de Yojoa is a town, with a population of 20,960 (2023 calculation), and a municipality in the Honduran department of Cortés.
Santa Cruz de Yojoa is located approximately 50 miles south of San Pedro Sula on top of a large hillside on the way to the dam that supplies power to many Central American cities.Read more
Santa Cruz de Yojoa, over the years, has become a large populated city, with its central park known as "Parque Central de Santa Cruz de Yojoa" which translated into English means "Santa Cruz de Yojoa Central Park". SCDY is home to 2 churches, one being Catholic and the other Christian of a different denomination. Santa cruz owns more than 10 transportation buses which have its route through Santa Cruze's only paved street. 1 of said buses are stored in SCDY's main hotel, Los Amigos hotel.
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What is there to see near Santa Cruz de Yojoa?
Within an hour or so of Santa Cruz de Yojoa: Lake Yojoa (16 km).
Where is Santa Cruz de Yojoa?
Santa Cruz de Yojoa is in Cortés Department, Honduras, about 6 km from Oropéndolas.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 97,848
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Honduras
- Region
- Cortés Department
- Timezone
- America/Tegucigalpa
- Coordinates
- 14.9809, -87.8909
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1 notable place within an hour's drive.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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