San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula | |
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City and municipality | |
Historic and modern landmarks of San Pedro Sula | |
| Nickname(s): La Capital Industrial, Sap | |
| 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) | |
• City and municipality | 834,883 (2nd in Honduras) |
| • Urban | 793,835 |
| • Metro | 1,445,598 |
| GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar) | |
| • 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) 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.