San Pedro Sula | |
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City and municipality | |
 Historic and modern landmarks of San Pedro Sula | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname(s): La Capital Industrial, Sap | |
  San Pedro Sula | |
| Coordinates: 15°30′0″N 88°2′0″W / 15.50000°N 88.03333°W | |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Department | Cortés |
| Municipio (County) | San Pedro Sula |
| Foundation | 27 June 1536 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Armando Calidonio Alvarado (PNH) |
| Area | |
• City and municipality | 856 km2 (331 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population (2023 projection)[3] | |
• City and municipality | 834,883 |
| • Density | 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 793,835 |
| • Metro | 1,445,598[2] |
| GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar)[4] | |
| • Total | $8.7 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | $8,900 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central America) |
San Pedro Sula (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo ˈsula]) is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701,200 in the central urban area (2023 calculation)[5] and a population of 1,445,598 in its metropolitan area in 2023, it is the nation's primary industrial center and second largest city after the capital Tegucigalpa, and the largest city in Central America that is not a capital city.
- ^ "Distrito central: Informacion del municipio". XVII Censo de Población y VI de Vivienda 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ World Population Review Population of Cities in Honduras (2020)
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Honduras
- ^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Honduras