Amapala

Amapala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Valle.

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Settlement.official_name: Amapala
Settlement.image_skyline: Catedral de Amapala.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Catholic cathedral of Amapala
Settlement.blank_emblem_size: =
Settlement.pushpin_map: Honduras
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Valle
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Santos Alberto Cruz Guevara (Liberal Party)
Settlement.area_land_km2: 75.2
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.population_total: 12743
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_urban: 2482
Settlement.timezone: Central America
Settlement.utc_offset: −6

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Country: Honduras
Located in: Valle Department
Population: 12250
Area: 85.94
Elevation: 85
Time zone: UTC−06:00
Body of water: Gulf of Fonseca
Image: Desde la plaza de Amapala.jpg

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Commons category: Amapala

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Amapala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Valle.

It is formed by El Tigre Island and its satellite islets and rocks in the Gulf of Fonseca. It has an area of and a population of 2,482 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 people were living on Isla Comandante). Thanks to a natural deep channel, and despite lacking modern infrastructure, Amapala long served as the main Honduran port in the Pacific Ocean.

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