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Gracias
A 1536 colonial town of cobbles and adobe under Celaque, Honduras's highest cloud-forest mountain, with hot springs in the surrounding hills and three Spanish-era churches around the plaza.
29 km · about 35 min drive
North AmericaHondurasCopán Department
Santa Rosa de Copán
Copán Department, Honduras · North America
About Santa Rosa de Copán
Santa Rosa de Copán is worth a stop: 15 minutes from San Juan de Opoa, 40km from Copan.
Santa Rosa de Copán is in Copán Department, Honduras, with about 28,000 people. The nearest town is San Juan de Opoa, about 9 km away.
Santa Rosa de Copán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈrosa ðe koˈpan]) is a municipality in Honduras. The city of Santa Rosa de Copán is the municipal seat and the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is located approximately 1,150 metres (3,773 ft) above mean sea level.
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the largest and most important city in western Honduras with a population of 61,800 (2023 calculation). Santa Rosa is the governmental hub of the department of Copán. The city is connected through the International Highway of the West (CA-4) with San Pedro Sula to the North and with the borders of El Salvador at El Poy and Guatemala at Agua Caliente to the west. Santa Rosa has a subtropical climate with temperatures ranging from 25 °C (77 °F) to 29 °C (84 °F) in the summer (March–June), and from 13 °C (55 °F) to 15 °C (59 °F) in the winter (December–February).
The historical centre of Santa Rosa de Copán has been declared a Honduran national monument, with preservation of its Republican or Neoclassical architecture and cobblestone streets that has its origins in a prosperous tobacco farming industry of the 18th century. Santa Rosa is situated at a strategic point between Copán Ruinas and Gracias, Lempira and the Celaque National Park. As before, tobacco farming remains a staple of the local economy, particularly the cultivation of premium cigar tobaccos. The La Flor de Copán cigar factory is located in the city.
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Within an hour or so of Santa Rosa de Copán: Gracias (29 km), Copan (40 km).
Where is Santa Rosa de Copán?
Santa Rosa de Copán is in Copán Department, Honduras, about 9 km from San Juan de Opoa.
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- Population
- 27,753
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Honduras
- Region
- Copán Department
- Timezone
- America/Tegucigalpa
- Coordinates
- 14.7739, -88.7756
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Worth the detour from Santa Rosa de Copán
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Copan
A major Maya city renowned for its remarkable series of portrait stelae, its elaborate Hieroglyphic Stairway containing the longest known Maya text, and richly decorated temples.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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