Lepaterique , meets Lepaterique ( Spanish: Lepaterique ) - a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morasan . The name comes from the language of Lenka - "Tiger Hill" [1] . Located near the capital, the municipality runs the Tegucigalpa ring road . The municipality is one of the main suppliers of fresh vegetables to Tegucigalpa supermarkets [1] .
| Municipality | |
| Lepaterica | |
|---|---|
| Lepaterique | |
| A country |  Honduras |
| the department | Francisco Morasan |
| Chapter | Andrés Abelino Servellón [1] |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | 541.0 [2] km² |
| Center height | 1484 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 6 |
| Population | |
| Population | 13,415 [3] people ( 2001 ) |
| Density | 25 people / km² |
| Nationalities | Hondurans |
| Denominations | Catholics |
| Katoykonim | Lepateriquense |
| Official language | Spanish * |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | 504 |
Content
Location
The municipality is located 16 miles northwest of the country's capital, Tegucigalpa , on a plain surrounded by the mountains of Lepaterica. The municipality borders:
- in the north - with the municipalities of Lamani and Distribito Central (Tegucigalpa)
- in the east - with the municipalities of Ojohon and Distribo Central
- in the south - with the municipalities of Reitok and Kuraren
- in the west - with the municipalities of Aganketerike and Lamani
Administrative Division
The municipality includes seven settlements (villages): [1] [4]
- Lepaterica
- Culguaque ( Spanish: Culguaque )
- El Carrizal ( Spanish: El Carrizal )
- El Espino ( Spanish: El Espino )
- Jerbabuena ( Spanish: Hierbabuena )
- La Brea ( Spanish: La Brea )
- Muluaca ( Spanish: Mulhuaca ) or El Llano ( Spanish: El Llano )
Military Base
During the civil war in Nicaragua , advisers from the secret services of Argentina and the CIA were based in Lepaterica [5] .
Between 1980 and 1982, experts from the Argentinean 601th Battalion and Navy School of Mechanics were involved in military training of Nicaraguan contra using the " Argentine experience in the fight against communism ." Funds were allocated by the United States [6] . Training at the training center, called the Argentineans "Fifth" ( Spanish. La Quinta ), was also conducted by officers of the Infantry School Nicaragua National Guard and Honduran Battalion 3-16 fighters [7] . Argentina's aid to Contras was discontinued in 1982 after the Falkland conflict (in which the United States supported Great Britain) [7] [6] [8] .
In August 2005, information appeared in the Honduran media that the private military company Triple Canopy, Inc. , used the base for training mercenaries - citizens of Honduras and Chile , who took part in ensuring the activities of the international coalition forces in Iraq [9] [10] [11] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Productores de Lepaterique realizaran ferisag municipal (Spanish) . Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería Honduras (30 de octubre de 2015). Date of treatment January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Honduras: administrative units, extended . GeoHive. Date of treatment January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Censo Honduras 2001 (Spanish) (pdf) 7. Date of treatment January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, Honduras. (Censo 2001)
- ↑ Holly Sklar. The Avengers // Washington's War on Nicaragua . - South End Press, 1988 .-- S. 88-89. - 472 p. - ISBN 978-0-89608-295-3 .
- ↑ 1 2 BATTALION 316. Part 1 of 4 . The Baltimore Sun. globalresearch.ca (11 June 1995). Date of treatment January 9, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 LA APARICION DE OSAMENTAS EN UNA ANTIGUA BASE MILITAR DE LA CIA EN HONDURAS REABRE LA PARTICIPACION ARGENTINO-NORTEAMERICANA EN ESE PAIS. (Spanish) (inaccessible link) . Margen Date of treatment September 13, 2014. Archived October 30, 2013.
- ↑ Seoane, María Los secretos de la guerra sucia continental de la dictadura (Spanish) (unavailable link) . Clarín (24 de marzo de 2006). Date of treatment January 9, 2016. Archived October 17, 2013.
- ↑ Cesar Uco. Latin American mercenaries guarding Baghdad's Green Zone ( December 28, 2005). Date of treatment January 9, 2016.
- ↑ US Private Military Companies in Peace and Wartime (Link unavailable) . Date of treatment January 9, 2016. Archived March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Merrill Singer, G. Derrick Hodge. The War Machine and Global Health . - Rowman & Littlefield, 2010 .-- S. 257. - 332 p. - ISBN 978-0-75911-943-7 .
Literature
- Ariel C. Armony. Argentina, the United States, and the Anti-communist Crusade in Central America, 1977-1984. - Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1997 .-- 301 p.
Links
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