Comayagua

National historical monuments of Honduras

Comayagua is a municipality and a city in the Republic of Honduras, head of the department of Comayagua. Former capital of the country and current capital of the homonymous department located in the valley also of the same name, located in the central region of Honduras.

Founded in 1537 by the Spanish captain general Alonso de Cáceres under the name of "Villa de Santa María de la Nueva Valladolid de Comayagua", the city has been an important center religious and political of Honduras and Central America. During the Spanish colonial era, Comayagua was the capital of the municipality of Comayagua and later of the province of Comayagua. After the independence of Honduras, it was the capital of the state from 1825 until 1880 when President Marco Aurelio Soto moved the country's capital to the city of Tegucigalpa.

The colonial past of the city during the era of New Spain is evident in several of its ancient churches, the impressive Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, colonial plazas, museums, as well as republican civil architecture in keeping with its historical development. Due to this heritage, Comayagua is considered one of the wonders of Honduras and has become a national and international destination for tourism. During the Holy Week season, in particular, the city becomes the religious tourism capital of Honduras.

Since the middle of the 20th century, the city has experienced accelerated growth that led municipal authorities to structure a territorial reorganization plan. Between the years of 1945-1975, the city's population quadrupled due to the high population growth rate reached at that time (4.8%) and due to migratory movements within the country.

Etymology

Comayagua is known today as "La Antañona" by Hondurans. They call it that because in addition to being one of the oldest cities in Honduras, it still maintains a large part of its buildings with architectural value from the colonial era. Its historic center "is the most restored and preserved nationwide."

The complementary names "Valladolid" or "País de las Higueras" were those given to it by the Spanish, but it maintained the original name of the place, which is purely indigenous. Some differ in their etymology but most agree that it is composed of "Coma" (which in the Lenca dialect means moorland) and "water" with its true meaning being "Páramo abundant with water."

Geography

Municipal limits

The city of Comayagua has a territorial area of 834.2 km² located in the Comayagua Valley, located in the central region of Honduras. Its coordinates are 87° 39′ 11″ west longitude and 14° 27′ 14″ north latitude of the Humuya River.

Relief

A mountain system surrounds the valley in which the city of Comayagua is located; where the main mountains are: Montecillos Mountains, are west of La Paz. The Comayagua mountains to the east of the department that join with the Esquías mountains, extending to Minas de Oro. To the south are the branches of Lepaterique, Mulacagua and Pototerique.

History

Pre-Columbian era

During pre-Columbian times, the valley in which the city is located was populated by the Lenca people, a native Mesoamerican culture that still prevails in Honduras. Archaeological remains such as Yarumela show that these natives have populated the valley since approximately 1000 BC. C.

The flat topography and subtropical climate helped the natives prosper and built their own societies and towns, most of their economic activities consisted of controlling the trade routes that connected the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. Thanks to the control of these routes, both products from the Valley of Mexico and the Caribbean and Andean areas arrived. During the colonization of the American continent, the Spanish conquerors founded a rich valley with different Lenca towns, most of them well organized and with a high social stratification. These indigenous people were the ones who put up a well-made resistance during the conquest of Honduras.

Foundation

Comayagua was founded in 1537 by Captain Alonso de Cáceres in compliance with instructions "to find an apparent situation to form a city in the middle of the two oceans" by order of the advance Francisco de Montejo, first governor of Hibueras as Honduras was first known. The city was originally called "Santa María de la Concepción de Comayagua."

On November 20, 1542, King Philip II of Spain ordered that the Royal Audience of the Confines reside in Santiago de los Caballeros of Guatemala, but the Council of the Indies ordered on September 13, 1543 that it set up its headquarters in the town of Concepción de Comayagua. In the same provision, the name "Villa de la Nueva Valladolid de Comayagua" is given in honor of Valladolid of Spain, where at the time of signing the letter founding the hearing, the Court resided.

Finally, the assignment as the seat of the audience was not made effective and it was moved to the town of Gracias a Dios, on May 16, 1544. On December 20, 1557, King Philip II granted it the title of city, during At that time, the city already had a Mercedarian convent founded by Brother Jerónimo Clemente in 1553 and a stone church built in 1551 at a cost of 15,000 gold pesos.

In 1558 the first capitulars were elected. In 1561 the episcopal chair that resided in Trujillo was moved to it, due to its more favorable conditions, its location in the center of the country and its proximity to the gold and silver mining regions. In 1585 the first cathedral was built; and the one that now exists (Immaculate Conception) was begun in 1634, and was completed in 1715.

Virregal Comayagua

Comayagua remained the capital of Honduras throughout the viceregal period. Tegucigalpa began to dispute that position in the middle of the XVII century, as it developed as a mining center. In recognition of its growing importance it received the title of town in 1768.

However, the development of Tegucigalpa was ignored when in 1788: "Comayagua became an Intendancy and politically absorbed Tegucigalpa which became a sub-delegation"..."Even so, The appointment was made from Comayagua, which caused a revolt in Tegucigalpa, fueling the existing rivalry between the two most important cities in the province."

Some resentful Tegucigalenses a few years later complained that these decisions had resulted in the economic decline of the area, "they alleged that the new mayors were not interested in the development of mining and that they established a local tax on agricultural products such as indigo, sugar, and livestock, which only benefited Comayagua." Following complaints presented by the residents of Tegucigalpa and on the recommendation of José Cecilio del Valle, advisor to the president of the hearing of Guatemala, the Mayor's Office was re-created in 1812." "

The establishment of the mayor's office in Comayagua not only delayed the growth of Tegucigalpa, but could not contain the continued decline of Comayagua. It became the capital of the province, a sleepy town that, by the beginning of the 19th century, had only a few Spaniards reduced to living on charity... Furthermore, the city had earned the reputation of being unhealthy and poorly supplied."

"The reason given for the city's decline was the decline in agriculture and commerce, which was often attributed to the laziness of the indigenous people. In 1802 the two parishes of the city had a combined population of 5,369'. For all these reasons it was proposed that the capital be moved to Tegucigalpa. Despite these proposals, the capital remained in Comayagua throughout the colonial period.

Time of independence

During the time around independence, several pro-independence movements occurred throughout Central America. In Honduras these movements took place in Tegucigalpa. Names like Miguel Bustamante, Matías Zúñiga, Simón Gutiérrez, Pablo Borjas, Andrés Lozano, Diego Vijil, Dionisio de Herrera, and Francisco Morazán etc. They appear on the list of people related to the pro-independence movement. "Those Tegucigalpa patriots were considered by the authority of Comayagua as conspirators," trying to "promote ideas contrary to the colonial regime from Tegucigalpa."

The authorities of Comayagua wanted to extinguish the pro-independence revolts, but the colonial regime had already died. On September 21, 1821, Central America proclaims its independence from Spain. Comayagua received the documents in the early hours of the morning of September 28 and the governor's office and the members of the council learned of the decision, accepting Independence.

On November 28, 1821, a note from General Agustín de Iturbide arrived in Guatemala suggesting that Central America, and the Viceroyalty of Mexico, form a great empire under the Plan of Iguala and the Treaties of Córdoba. The question of annexation to Mexico caused divisions within each of the provinces since some cities were in favor of it and others were against it.

In Comayagua, Honduras – through its governor José Tinoco de Contreras – spoke out in favor of annexation; but Tegucigalpa, the second most important city in the province, opposed the idea of it. In the end, Iturbide's annexation proposal triumphed and on August 22, 1822, Central America joined Mexico. The annexation to the Mexican Empire by Agustín de Iturbide did not last long, because he abdicated on March 19, 1823, and on July 1 of that same year, Central America proclaimed its definitive independence. Comayagua and Honduras became part of the United Provinces of Central America.

Burning of the city

After Honduras became part of the United Provinces of Central America, Comayagua continued to be its capital. In 1824, Honduras elected Dionisio de Herrera as its first head of state. The reaction soon arose against him, led by the vicar, José Nicolás Irías Midence, with the support of the president of the Republic, General Don Manuel José Arce, who, having already entered the path of arbitrariness, saw Herrera as a serious obstacle to the development of his plans."

"Irías, promoted anarchy as much as he could and finally provoked the invasion of Honduras. President Arce, under the pretext of guarding the tobacco belonging to the Federation, stored in the Villa de Santa Rosa, sent his federal forces under the command of Colonel Justo Milla, with the purpose of overthrowing Dionisio de Herrera."

"Without further setbacks, Milla's troops arrived at Comayagua and laid siege to it. This happened on April 4, 1827. Comayagua was burned and plundered to a large extent, and although the forces with which it was defended were inferior in number to those of the invader, they would have triumphed over them if its Commander, Colonel Antonio Fernández, a Spaniard, would not have betrayed Mr. Herrera, putting him in prison and reaching an agreement with Colonel Milla, with whom he agreed to a capitulation on May 9, by virtue of which he handed over the position and the person of the Chief."

"Mr. Herrera was taken to Guatemala, where he should have been submitted to the Assembly to declare whether or not his conduct gave rise to the formation of a case. But since he was not accused of arbitrariness, and President Arce, when waging war on him, had no other goal than to separate him from the Government of Honduras to organize it according to his interests, which had already been achieved, the President of the Republic did not He became concerned about this, and kept the prisoner in his own house in Guatemala.

Justo Milla temporarily took command of the province of Honduras; because on November 11, 1827, it was defeated by the forces of General Francisco Morazán in the battle of La Trinidad. Subsequently, Morazán marched to Comayagua where he took command of the state of Honduras from Miguel Eusebio Bustamante. In June 1828, Morazán handed over command to Diego Vigil.

Transfer of the capital

The relationship between Comayagua and Tegucigalpa had been considerably bitter, the books describe the situation this way:

«That rivalry between radical Comayagua and liberal Tegucigalpa became more accentuated every day and was notorious at the time of independence and in the consolidation of the State starting in 1825, when the first Constitution was issued. Then the ideas of the alternation of the capital on an annual basis began as a political approach that emerged in the mineral of Cedros, an intention that only remained that.

In June 1849, as president of Honduras, Dr. Juan Lindo of the Constituent Assembly chaired by Don Felipe Jáuregui issued a decree transferring the capital to Tegucigalpa, but it was not executed due to legal inconsistencies and Comayagua continued to be the seat of the powers of the State.

Throughout the 18th century, Tegucigalpa gained advantage over Comayagua; Several buildings of important institutions were built there, such as "the Literary Academy, the genesis of the current National Autonomous University of Honduras." Finally, on October 30, 1880, President Marco Aurelio Soto took the &# 34;decision to move the capital of Honduras from Comayagua to Tegucigalpa forever. Doctor Marco Aurelio Soto Martínez, for economic or social reasons, packed up and moved to his hometown, thus ending that antagonism & # 34; between the two cities.

After the transfer of the capital to Tegucigalpa, the population, commerce and importance of Comayagua was significantly reduced. At the beginning of the 19th century, its narrow and irregular streets were poorly paved. Likewise, public buildings were in poor condition. However, this city continued to be the seat of the diocese of Honduras.

Demography

Comayagua has a current population of 172,069 inhabitants. Of the total population, 47.2% are men and 48.4% are women. Almost 68.4% of the population lives in urban areas.

Population dynamics

This population places Comayagua among the most populated cities in the country, along with Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Choloma and La Ceiba.

The accelerated growth experienced by the city of Comayagua led the municipal authorities to decide to structure a territorial reorganization plan. Comayagua is considered one of the municipalities in the department of Comayagua that presents the best conditions for economic development. This situation could generate problems in the future if the investment zones are not regulated, that is, if each of the productive areas is not categorized in an orderly manner, whether at the level of goods and services, agriculture or housing.

Political division

• Villages: 41 (2013)
• Caseros: 275 (2013)

Neighborhoods and colonies of Comayagua				Administrative map
1. Col. Armed Forces	17. Bo. Charity	33. TR. The Canoes	49. Col. 21 April
2. Col. INCEHSA	18. Bo. La Joya	34. Bo. Independence	50. Col. 10 May
3. Bo. The Zarcita	19. Col. San Francisco	35. Col. SITRAMEDYS	51. Col. Mejía Fiallos
4. Bo. San José	20. Bo.San Francisco	36. Bo. Saint Paul	52. Residencial Mira Valle
5. Bo. San Juan	21. Bo. The Lirios	37. Col. Fiallos	53. Col. New Hope
6. Col. The Almendros	22. Bo. Toron	38. Col. Escort	54. Col. Stones Bonitas Norte
7. Col. Concepción	23. Col. Up	39. Col. New Valladolid	55. Col. Stones Bonitas
8. Col. Miracle of God	24. Bo. INVA	40. Col. Brisas del Valle	56. Col. The Jazmines
9. Bo. San Antonio de la Sabana	25. Bo. San Blas	41. Col. The Sauce	57. Bo. San Ramon
10. Col. Boquín	26. Bo. San Sebastián	42. Santa Maria Sawmill	58. Bo. Saint Lucia
11. Col. Lomas del Río	27. Bo. Lourdes	43. Col. San Miguel 2	59. Brisas de Altamira
12. TR. San Martín-Río Humuya	28. Bo. Cabins	44. Col. San Miguel 1	60. Col. Suyapa Brisas
13. Col. San Martín	29. Col. Brisas del Humuya	45. Col. San Rafael	61. Bo. Suyapa
14. Bo. Down	30. Col. Centennial	46. Col. May 1.	62. Col. Francisco Morazán
15. Col. Best Foods	31. Col. Mazzarela	47. Col. 2nd of May
16. Col. San Carlos	32. Col. Mejicapa	48. Col. New Comayagua

Climate

This geographical location allows Comayagua to be in the tropical savanna climate range (Köppen climate classification: Aw), although the average monthly temperature of the hottest month is greater than 20 ° C and the coldest month of 18 °C.

Average climate parameters of Comayagua, Honduras (1961-1990)
Month	Ene.	Feb.	Mar.	Open up.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Ago.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
Temp. max. abs. (°C)	29.6	28.7	33.1	35.9	35.9	36.2	36.9	36.4	33.0	32.0	31.0	28.1	38.1
Average temperature (°C)	27.1	27.7	30.2	32.2	33.1	33.1	33.7	33.0	31.5	29.6	28.4	27.8	30.6
Average temperature (°C)	20.0	24.3	24.0	23.1	22.4	22.1	22.1	21.8	21.6	19.5	19.5	19.5	21.7
Temp. medium (°C)	16.7	17.9	18.3	20.4	20.5	20.3	19.0	19.0	17.5	17.9	16.5	16.5	18.4
Temp. min. abs. (°C)	10.5	12.1	12.3	12.5	13.0	13.6	13.5	12.1	12.0	10.8	9.9	9.8	12.9
Total precipitation (mm)	13.3	12.1	31.4	51.2	111.4	114.8	155.7	179.7	111.1	100.0	70.0	15.3	966
Precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	1	1	5	9	17	25	24	24	18	18	7	5	154
Hours of sun	203.1	180.5	209.8	218.4	220.1	217.3	240.0	223.6	171.6	221.0	219.8	201.4	2526.6
Relative humidity (%)	42.8	59.6	60.0	70.5	77.8	77.3	65.9	73.6	75.2	69.6	53.5	52.3	77.0
Source: World Meteorological Organization,

Economy

The main economic source of the municipality is agriculture based on horticulture, basic grains (corn, rice and beans), coffee, sorghum and soybeans. Although it has some industry, commerce is the basic area of growth and development of the city.

Politics

Integration of Municipal Corporation 2022-2026

Post	Owner	Political party
Mayor	Carlos Miranda Canales	Liberal Party
Vicealcalde	Manuel de Jesús Cartagena Barrera	Liberal Party
Regidor 1	Jazmin Guifarro Ramírez	Liberal Party
Regidor 2	Luis Alonso Fuentes Posas	Liberal Party
Regidor 3	Karen Sofia Ponce	Freedom and Refoundation
Regidora 4	Thelma Izamar Maldonado Euceda	Liberal Party
Regidor 5	Juan José Názar Adriano	National Party
Regidor 6	Gustavo Adolfo Argueta Romero	Freedom and Refoundation
Regidor 7	Guillermo Enrique Peña David	Liberal Party
Regidora 8	Evelyn Waleska Perdomo Vindel	National Party
Regidor 9	Rigoberto Medina	Christian Democrat
Regidor 10	Rudbel Idail Barahona Ordóñez	Freedom and Refoundation

Heritage

The colonial city of Comayagua is considered one of the cities of greatest historical importance in Honduras. Therefore it has become a national and international attraction for tourism. Every week Comayagua receives more than 200 travelers interested in its colonial heritage. The city attracts tourists with historical and archaeological interest to its museums and historical sites throughout the year, but also attracts a lot of religious tourism and pilgrimage, particularly during Holy Week. In 2019, an estimated 30,000 visitors to the city during Holy Week.

During the Spanish colonial era of New Spain, the city was the capital of the municipality of Comayagua and then the province of Comayagua. After independence, Comayagua was the capital of Honduras until it was moved to Tegucigalpa. This legacy has left a great heritage of historical buildings and spaces including several museums, colonial churches, monuments and historical squares and even the Presidential House of Honduras.

Tangible assets

The city is endowed with rich Spanish colonial and republican architecture that highlights:

• Church of Merced (1550)
• Church of San Francisco (1560)
• Church of San Sebastian (1580)
• Episcopal Palace (former Tridentine College) (1588)
• Colonial Museum of Religious Art (1588)
• Comayagua Museum (s.XVI)
• Comayagua Cathedral (1634)
• Capitular Chamber (s.XVII)
• Church of Charity (1654)
• Caxa Real (1741)
• José Santos Guardiola House Museum (XVIII)
• Historical and Civic Museum Cabins (1774-1875)
• Monument to the Constitution of 1812 (Columna de Fernando VII) (1820)
• Municipal Palace (1881)

Intangible heritage

It also has a rich intangible cultural heritage:

• Dance of the Devils (In February, celebrating San Sebastian)
• Holy Week. Sawdust carpets on the streets.
• Patron parties. December 8th.

In 2008, the Cultural Center of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation – CCET awarded the Comayagüense Cultural Committee the King Juan Carlos I Historical Studies Award, “for its career in promoting traditions and conservation.” of the nation's cultural heritage."

Colonial churches

This city is famous for its beautiful colonial churches. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, known colloquially as the Cathedral of Comayagua, is located in the heart of the city and has one of the oldest clocks in America. The Church of La Merced, built in 1550, is the first church built in Honduras. Likewise, Comayagua has three other colonial churches that are among the oldest churches in the country, these being the church of San Francisco built in 1560, the church of San Sebastián built in 1580 and the church of La Caridad built in 1654.

In Comayagua there is also the Episcopal Palace and the Tridentino College of Comayagua, built in 1678. This important building occupies an entire block of the historic center. The first construction, the bishop's residence, was located behind the current Cathedral and was known as “The Episcopal Houses” after its construction at the beginning of the 17th century. Currently, the Episcopal Palace continues to be the residence and offices of the bishop and part of its facilities have been oriented to house the Colonial Museum of Religious Art.

Masses and carpets

During the Holy Week season, Comayagua becomes the capital of religious tourism in Honduras. To celebrate the Holy Week, in addition to processions and masses, aniline-dyed sawdust carpets are made, a tradition that was born in 1963, when Miriam Mejía de Zapata designed one in front of the Cathedral to celebrate the appointment of Monsignor Bernardino Masarella as the new bishop of Comayagua. These rugs are a great attraction due to the color, devotion and creativity of those who make them, becoming admired for their increasingly innovative designs that have evolved over time, such as the first 3D rug made by the artist Gustavo Rivas. in 2012. Holy Week in Comayagua has been described as such: "The aroma of incense emanates from its temples and the flickering fire of the candles warms the faith of thousands of parishioners who seek spiritual peace remembering the passion, death and resurrection of Christ."

Caxa Real

La Caxa Real, is the building built to store tributes for the Spanish crown during the colonial era. The Caxa Real was designed by Don Baltasar de Maradiaga and built between 1739 and 1741, following orders of the Governor of Honduras Don Francisco de Parga and for the amount of 12,000 tostones. This was the second construction dedicated to protecting the crown's assets since the previous one collapsed. The building was abandoned after the 1809 earthquake that destroyed it almost completely. On September 24, 1870, General Casto José Alvarado sold this property of his property located in the city of Comayagua, known as the old town, for 3,000 pesos. “Caxa Real”.

Museums

Comayagua has two places that meet the characteristics of museums and that cover the pre-Columbian, colonial and republican history of Honduras.

1. Comayagua Museum16th century building, museum of archaeology and history of Honduras. The building was the seat of the Presidency of the Republic from 1824 to 1880 when Comayagua was the capital of Honduras.
2. Colonial Museum of Religious Art, century buildingXVI, museum of history and preservation of colonial religious art. It is the only museum of religious art in Honduras. He was a victim of a fire and two assaults that left his collection very reduced. (It only opens during Holy Week)

The city also has several historic houses with limited public hours, including:

1. Historical and Civic Museum Cabins, building of the eighteenth century, museum of the history of the presidents of Honduras and historical house of President José Trinidad Cabañas Fiallos.
2. Museo Casa José Santos Guardiola, century buildingXVIII, museum of the life of the fifth president and historical house of President José Santos Guardiola Bustillo.
3. Museo Casa Colonial Familia Castillo, museum of history, life and Honduran colonial society of New Spain.

Transportation

Commercially, Comayagua is located between the two most important cities of Honduras (Tegucigalpa, political center (about 80 kilometers away to the south) and San Pedro Sula, economic center (about 140 kilometers away to the north)., serves as a connection with other Central American countries. This condition has given it the character of a “city of passage”, which has conditioned the economic and tourist development of the city.

Military air base

About 10 miles (16 km) from Comayagua and occupying part of the northern side of the municipality of Villa de San Antonio, is the José Enrique Soto Cano air base, also known as Palmerola. The base is approximately 2 miles × 6 miles (3.2 km by 9.7 km), It has the best runway in the country at 8,850 meters long and 165 feet wide. The airport was built in the mid-1980s at a reported cost of $30 million.

The Soto Cano base was used by the United States during the Cold War era to supply the Nicaraguan Contras in their fight against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. Likewise, it was used to carry out counterinsurgency operations in El Salvador. At its peak, the Soto Cano Base housed more than 5,000 soldiers, Green Berets, as well as CIA agents who advised the Nicaraguan rebels.

More recently there have been about 500 to 600 US troops at the installation which now serves as a Honduran air force base as well as a flight training center. With the departure of U.S. bases from Panama in 1999, Palmerola became one of the few airfields available to the U.S. on Latin American soil. The base is located about 30 kilometers north of the capital, Tegucigalpa.

Education

The illiteracy rate in the municipality is approximately 16%. Regarding the educational level, the largest volume of the population has a primary level of education and only a very minority percentage has a higher or university level.

Public education

Higher Education

1. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán - UPNFM
2. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras - CURC

Secondary Education

1. Instituto Departamental León Alvarado - ILA
2. Instituto Técnico Comalhuacán
3. Eben-Ezer Institute

Primary Education

1. José Trinidad Cabañas School
2. Manuel Andara School
3. José Cecilio del Valle School
4. Manuel de Jesús Zepeda School
5. Escuela de Niñas Rosa de Valenzuela
6. Marcelino Pineda School
7. Guadalupe Ulloa School
8. Cleotilde School Boquín

Festivities

Patron Fair

Comayagua celebrates its patron saint's day on December 8 of each year, in honor of the Virgin Immaculate Conception, patron saint of the city. For one or two weeks, festivities take place that are prepared according to a plan approved by the municipal authorities. The celebration events begin with a solemn mass; and due to the proximity of the Christmas holidays and the end of the year, generally, the Christmas tree located in the central square, León Alvarado, is then lit.

According to Mayor Carlos Miranda, "Every year we strive to do something better... to bring art, culture and beauty in order to attract national and international tourism."The fair Comayagua is divided into three events in different scenarios; the election of the queen of the fair in the Central Plaza, the livestock exhibition, and the Agroindustrial, Commercial and Craft Exhibition, which takes place... at the premises of the Comayagua Chamber of Commerce.

In the election of the new Queen of the Comayagua Fair, girls representing the neighborhoods and institutions of the city participate. After the contestants show off their evening dresses, traditional costumes and casual clothing, they are placed at the disposal of a qualifying jury who chooses the winner.

Once the Queen of the Patronal Fair has been chosen, different events are held, among which the float parade, exhibition of modified cars and classic cars, gastronomic events such as the nacatamal fair, serenade to the Virgin of the Conception. At night the burning of fireworks takes place. The program of activities also includes painting competitions, football and basketball championships and dance competitions, Among many other activities.

Sports

The city has a long history in sports, but without a doubt the most loved sport in Comayagua is soccer, one of its most representative clubs was Hispano FC, which played for several seasons in the First Division of Catracho Soccer until your demise. Currently the city will be represented in the 2023-24 Honduras National League by Génesis FC which plays at the Carlos Miranda Stadium, with capacity for 10,000 fans, a stadium that is sometimes used by the two largest teams in Honduras, Motagua and the Olympia.