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Nueva Ocotepeque

Nueva Ocotepeque, with a population of 14,900 (2023 calculation), is the capital of the Ocotepeque Department of Honduras. It is situated in the north-south valley of the Lempa River, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the El Salvador border, and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of the Guatemala border.

Nueva Ocotopeque was settled in 1935 after the site of the former town of Ocotepeque was destroyed by flooding of the river. It was briefly occupied by El Salvador during the Football War.

It is served by Nueva Ocotepeque Airport.

Education

My Little Red House Bilingual School, K-8.

Sources

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities in Honduras
  2. ^ "Nueva Ocotepeque". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Nueva Ocotepeque". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. ^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. New York: Columbia University Press. 1952. p. 1354.

14°26′N 89°11′W / 14.433°N 89.183°W / 14.433; -89.183