Nueva Ocotepeque
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Nueva Ocotepeque is a city in south west Honduras
. It is the capital city of the Ocotepeque department of Honduras
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Nueva Ocotopeque was settled in 1935 after the site of the former town of Ocotepeque was destroyed by flooding.
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...
. It is the capital city of the Ocotepeque department of Honduras
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...
.
Nueva Ocotopeque was settled in 1935 after the site of the former town of Ocotepeque was destroyed by flooding.
Sources
- Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 1354.