La Venta, Francisco Morazán
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La Venta is a municipality
in the south of the Honduran
department of Francisco Morazán. It is approximately 52 km from the national capital, Tegucigalpa
, and lies just off the Pan-American Highway
.
The town has valuable forestry assets, and the main form of employment locally is agriculture, particularly of plums and other soft fruits.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the south of the Honduran
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
department of Francisco Morazán. It is approximately 52 km from the national capital, Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
, and lies just off the Pan-American Highway
Pan-American Highway
The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads measuring about in total length. Except for an rainforest break, called the Darién Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's...
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The town has valuable forestry assets, and the main form of employment locally is agriculture, particularly of plums and other soft fruits.