A popular nickname for Tegucigalpa is Cerro de Plata or Silver Mountain.
Tegucigalpa’s official language is Spanish. But not knowing that Romance language need not pose an insurmountable barrier. Tourists can research in their native languages using Wi-Fi or computer stations at hotels or cyber cafes featuring fast speeds at competitive prices located in shopping malls or in the downtown core.
On a more ominous note, the Central American nation is notorious for having among the world’s highest homicide rates, which stood at 84.6 victims per 100,000 inhabitants in 2014 according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). For police or medical emergencies, people in distress in Tegucigalpa call 199 or, in case of fire, 198.
From an international trade perspective, the Honduras exported US$3.1 billion worth of products around the globe in 2019. The most valuable goods exported from the Honduras are: coffee (30.9% of its global total), bananas (7.7%), crustaceans (5.9%), palm oil (4.6%), insulated wire or cable (4.5%), melons (3.7%), gold (2.7%), sugar (2.2%), paper packing containers including boxes (1.7%) then soap (1.6%).
Capital Facts for Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Quick Reference
Famous People
Below, you will find 10 of the most famous people born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Boniek Garcia, soccer player/footballer (born Sep. 4, 1984)
- Daniel Zacapa, actor & producer (born Jul. 19, 1951)
- Amado Guevara, soccer player/footballer (born May 2, 1976)
- Rocsi Diaz, actress & producer (born Nov. 17, 1983)
- Miguel Izaguirre, actor (born Oct. 20, 1988)
- Rocsi Diaz, TV show host (born Nov. 17, 1983)
- Emilio Izaguirre, soccer player/footballer (born May 10, 1986)
- Sherry Maldonado, model (born Jun. 2, 1991)
- Juan Diego Zelaya, national executive secretary (born Sep. 6, 1975)
- Jennifer Andrade, Miss Universe Honduras 2012 (born Nov. 2, 1989)
Note: Data for our Famous People tab was sourced from Google searches mostly targeting published Wikipedia articles specific to each person’s name.
Population
Demonym for a Honduras resident: Honduran
Population: 1,444,085 (Tegucigalpa) at July 1, 2020
Density: 22,000 people per square mile (8,400 per square kilometer)
Population: 9,905,345 (Honduras) at July 1, 2020
Density: 229 people per square mile (89 per square kilometer)
Median age for all Hondurans: 24.3 years old
Financial
GDP: US$51.8 billion in 2019 (Honduras)
GDP per person: $5,395
Note: The above country-level GDP metrics are on a Purchasing Power Parity basis and are in U.S. dollars. Credible city GDP statistics for Tegucigalpa were unavailable.
Official currency used in Tegucigalpa: Honduran lempira
Geography
Capital landmarks: San Miguel Cathedral, Central Park, National University, Basilica of the Virgin of Suyapa, Honduras National Gallery of Art and the Manuel Bonilla Theater
Research
Research Sources:
Brookings Institution, Global Metro Monitor Report (includes GDP data).
Central Intelligence Agency, World Factbook, Central America and Caribbean: Honduras.
Central Intelligence Agency, World Factbook, Field Listing: Major Urban Areas.
CityMetric, Where are largest cities in the world? 2015 edition.
Demographia, World Urban Area, 12th Annual Edition.
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Databases.
International Trade Centre, Trade Map.
Official Government Website, Presidency of the Republic of Honduras.
Wikimedia Commons, City Flags.
Note: Some city flags were unavailable. If so, attribution belongs to Wikimedia Commons for pertinent country flags.
Wikipedia, Honduras.
Wikipedia, List of countries by intentional homicide rate.
Wikipedia, Tegucigalpa.
WorldOMeter, Honduras Population.
Honduras broke free from Spain on September 15, 1821. Hondurans celebrate Independence Day as a public holiday each September 15.
The city and capital area cover a land area measuring 580 square miles (1,502 square kilometers), within which an estimated 1.44 million people lived at July 1, 2020.
Within its national land borders, the Honduras extends over 43,201 square miles (111,890 square kilometers). The Honduran population totals about 9.9 million residents as of July 2020.
Population density is much more intense within Honduras’s capital borders with an average 22,000 residents per square mile (8,400 per square kilometer).
Zooming out to country-level land borders for the Honduras, population density thins out to an average 229 people per square mile (89 per square kilometer).
