El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 119,260 (2020 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran department of

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is located west of the city. To the east of the city is the mountain range of Mico Quemado (Burned Monkey). El Progreso is located at a crossroads. Due to its strategic location, many travellers or tourists pass through el Progreso in one way or another. For that reason, el Progreso is considered a city of extreme importance in

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. Many travellers going to

Tela Tela is a town, with a population of 38,030 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in Honduras on the northern Caribbean coast. It is located in the department of Atlantida. History Colonial era Tela was founded by the Spanish conquistador ...

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Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...

etc. make a connection here, or use it as a rest area. The territorial extension of the municipality is . Of this territory, is defined as urban and as rural. The municipality is also divided into three geographic zones that comprise more than 100

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or " neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, a ...

s, which are home to more than 90,000 people. The climate of the city is humid.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, San Francisco del Valle municipality had a population of 188,366. Of these, 81.07% were

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, 16.12%

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, 1.53% Indigenous (1.04% Chʼortiʼ, 0.28%

Lenca The Lenca or Lepawiran "people of the jaguar" are from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They once spoke many Dialects such as Chilanga, Putun, Kotik etc. Although there were different dialects, they un ...

), 1.04% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.24% others.Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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Economy

Due to its fertile lands, El Progreso is a city of agricultural tradition. The areas surrounding the city include various plantations producing products such as palm oil, bananas, and vegetables. Besides agriculture, the inhabitants of El Progreso also devote themselves to cattle ranching and to the production and trade of textiles. Given El Progreso's location as a crossroads several fast food franchises have been established in the city to satisfy the demands of travellers. These companies include

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, Popeye's, Burger King, KFC, Wendy's, Baskin Robins, Dunkin' Donuts, and others. Additionally, a new, modern mall from the Honduran "Plaza" chain of shopping centres has been constructed on the outskirts of the city. The mall, named Megaplaza, officially opened in the winter of 2007, and features a large food court with a vast array of Honduran and American fast food companies, several cell phone stores, an arcade, and department stores including Carrion, the largest in Central America. Megaplaza is also home to a new stadium seating-style cinema screening films from the US and Latin America.

Geography

Mico Quemado

The mountain chain of Mico Quemado is one of the main attractions of the city. It is located to the east of el Progreso, facing the great Valley of Sula (Valle de Sula). More than of this mountain chain are protected by the Honduran Central Government. This is due to its ecological wealth, which is inhabited by a great quantity of plants and exotic animals. The area is also important for the inhabitants of the city because it is the source for the city's water system. El Progreso is sometimes called ''"the bicycle City"'' because many of their people use the bicycle as a faster and more economical mode of transportation. This is perhaps a reflection on the relative poverty among the working class, as many of the city streets remain unpaved, and economic development has remained uneven.

Ulúa River

The

Ulúa River The Ulúa River ( es, Río Ulúa, ) is a river in western Honduras. It rises in the central mountainous area of the country close to La Paz and runs approximately due northwards to the east end of the Gulf of Honduras at . En route, it is joine ...

is one of the biggest and most important rivers of Honduras. This river has its birth in the department of Intibucá under the name of Rio Grande de Otoro. The river runs through the departments of Santa Bárbara, Cortés,

and Atlántida. It is fed by

Higuito River The Higuito River () is a river in Honduras. See also *List of rivers of Honduras Rivers in Honduras is a list of the rivers in Honduras, including those it shares with neighbours. Among the most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which ...

, Mejocote River,

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Pelo River Pelo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brad Pelo (born 1963), American businessman *Dimitri Pelo (born 1985), French rugby league player *Vincent Pelo (born 1988), French rugby union player See also *PELO Pelo is a surname. ...

Comayagua River Comayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level. The accelerated growth experienced by the city of Comayagua led the municipal authori ...

and

Sulaco River The Sulaco River is a river in Honduras. See also *List of rivers of Honduras Rivers in Honduras is a list of the rivers in Honduras, including those it shares with neighbours. Among the most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flo ...

. In addition; many other creeks help to its development. The total length of Ulua River is . Due to its might, the Ulúa River is also a dangerous river. During cyclones or torrential rains it has a tendency to grow excessively, therefore causing damages to the cities where it runs.

Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Mitch is the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, causing over 11,000 fatalities in Central America in 1998, including approximately 7,000 in Honduras and 3,800 in Nicaragua due to cataclysmic flooding from the slow motion ...

crept ashore on 29 October 1998 and lingered until 3 November, leaving as much as 3 feet of rain in its wake as it lingered and meandered northward. This resulted in epic flooding and total devastation of the Ulúa basin. Recovery is still incomplete after a decade later.

References

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