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Transsexual Prostitutes In Tegucigalpa, Honduras By Michael Dominic
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Tegucigalpa (Spanish pronunciation: [teɣusiˈɣalpa]) is the capital city of Honduras and is also the country's largest city. Tegucigalpa is also the capital of Honduras's Francisco Morazán department.
Tegucigalpa was founded by Spanish settlers as Real Villa de San Miguel de Heredia de Tegucigalpa on September 29, 1578 on the site of an existing native settlement. Before and after independence, the city was a mining center for silver and gold. The capital of the independent Republic of Honduras switched back and forth between Tegucigalpa and Comayagua until it was permanently settled in Tegucigalpa in 1880.
The Choluteca river, which crosses the city from south to north, physically separates Tegucigalpa and its sister city Comayagüa. El Picacho hill, a rugged mountain of moderate height convert rises above the downtown area; several neighborhoods, both residential and shantytowns, are located on its slopes.
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