Tocoa, Colón is a municipality

Municipality

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 and a city in the northern Honduran

Honduras

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 department of Colón in the valley of Aguán on the right side of the river, and is slightly inland. The elevation is 38 meters. It is situated between Garcia and La Visinia hills, 67 km from Trujillo, 30 km from Sabá

Sabá

Sabá is a municipality in the Honduran department of Colón....

, 70 km from Olanchito

Olanchito

Olanchito is a town and municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro. Ramón Amaya Amador, a famous novelist, was born here....

, 100 km from La Ceiba

La Ceiba

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, and 203 km from San Pedro Sula

San Pedro Sula

San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...

. Tocoa's territory is watered by the rivers

Rivers of Honduras

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 Río Tocoa, Río Gualaco, and Río Salamá. Its climate is hot and tropical with an average temperature of 29° C; the rainy season is May to December, with an average of 1000 mm of rain per year.

Tocoa was founded in 1871 by settlers from Olancho, and declared a municipality in 1892. Its first mayor was Juan J. Evangelista.