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In the 1970s a medical center in San Pedro Sula was opened. Services were not available until 1992 in El Progreso. The Ministry of Health in Honduras provides care to almost 90% of the population, but there is still little provision for the rural population, and there is a serious shortage of doctors.
José Enrique Soto Cano Air Base is a Honduras military installation and home of the Honduras Air Force and Honduras Air Force Academy. It is located less than 10 mi (16 km) from Comayagua (population: 33,000), and 60 mi (97 km) from the Honduras capital, Tegucigalpa. The base is about 2 mi × 6 mi (3.2 km × 9.7 km); lies in the Comayagua ...
Tegucigalpa is Honduras' largest and most populous city as well as the nation's political and administrative center. Tegucigalpa is host to 25 foreign embassies and 16 consulates. [23] [24] It is the home base of several state-owned entities such as ENEE and Hondutel , the national energy and telecommunications companies, respectively. [25]
Joint Task Force-Bravo ( JTF-Bravo, JTF-B) is a forward-based expeditionary joint task force operating as U.S. Southern Command's (USSOUTHCOM) lead forward element in the Central America (CENTAM) region to promote stability and security and counter transnational and transregional threat networks (C-T3N). JTF-Bravo operates out of Soto Cano Air ...
Located almost exactly halfway between Honduras' two largest cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, Siguatepeque is easy to reach—the town is two hours travel from either city. It is a stopping point for rest and refreshment for Honduran and international inter-city traffic, which has spurred a proliferation of highway restaurants and gas ...
Source: AIP, [1] EMCO, S.A. [2] Toncontín Airport ( IATA: TGU, ICAO: MHTG) formerly Toncontín International Airport, also known as Teniente Coronel Hernán Acosta Mejía Airport is a civil and military airport located 6 km (4 mi) from the centre of Tegucigalpa, Honduras . The History Channel programme Most Extreme Airports ranks it as the ...
HIV/AIDS heavily affects the young, active, working population in Honduras, and HIV/AIDS deaths account for 10% of the overall national mortality rate. [7] As of 2008, AIDS was the leading cause of death among Honduran women of childbearing age and the second-leading cause of hospitalization among both men and women.
DelCampo International School. DelCampo School (DCS) is a private school located in the region of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. DCS is also a college preparatory school with English and Spanish as the primary languages of instruction. The program of study offers students the opportunity to graduate with an American high school diploma as well as the ...