Nueva Ocotepeque

Nueva Ocotepeque,with a population of 13,940 (2020 calculation),[1] 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.[2][3]

Nueva Ocotopeque was settled in 1935 after the site of the former town of Ocotepeque was destroyed by flooding of the river.[4] 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

Citypopulation.de Population of cities in Honduras
"Nueva Ocotepeque". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
"Nueva Ocotepeque". Open Street Map. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. New York: Columbia University Press. 1952. p. 1354.

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[1] Citypopulation.de Population of cities in Honduras

[2] "Nueva Ocotepeque". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[3] "Nueva Ocotepeque". Open Street Map. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[4] Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. New York: Columbia University Press. 1952. p. 1354.