CA-5 is a national highway in

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

. It connects

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz''—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comaya ...

and

San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701, ...

, crossing the cities of

Comayagua 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 authoriti ...

Siguatepeque Siguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Departments of Honduras, Honduran department of Comayagua Department, Comayagua. The city has a population of 79,520 (2023 calculation). History Founded by the Spanish in 1689 as a religious ce ...

, El Lago de Yojoa, Potrerillos, Pimienta, Búfalo and Villa Nueva. In San Pedro Sula, it joins the CA-13 highway that connects with Puerto Cortés. The CA-5 also has a branch that communicates with the cities of La Paz,

Marcala Marcala is a town, with a population of 15,050 (2023 calculation), and a municipality in the Honduran department of La Paz. The region is known for its coffee production, boasting the first "protected origin denomination" for coffee. Marcala has ...

, La Esperanza and Santa Rita. In 2013 the Millennium Interchange (Intercambio Milenio) was inaugurated, which allows a better connection between the CA-5 with Tegucigalpa. It was financed as part of the Honduras Millennium Account with an investment of 14 million dollars.

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