Siguatepeque
Sign in to saveSiguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The city has a population of 79,520 (2023 calculation).
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Siguatepeque
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- Parque Central Siguatepeque.jpg
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- Honduras
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Honduras
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- Department
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- Comayagua
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1689
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- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 392.2
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 projection
- Settlement.population_total
- 127,468
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 94480
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1,090
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
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Siguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The city has a population of 79,520 (2023 calculation).
==History== Founded by the Spanish in 1689 as a religious centre for retreats and monastic training, the population of the town grew through the intermarriage of colonists, the indigenous Lencas and the Mexican Nahuatl immigrants. The name Siguatepeque is made up of two words in Nahuatl, Cihuatl: Woman and Tepec:Mount, the mount of women. Siguatepeque is located approximately above the sea level. In 1861, the town became a municipality in its own right, and a city in 1926.