Latitude and longitude of Puerto Cortés
- Nearby Puerto Cortez, Honduras
Satellite map of Puerto Cortés
Puerto Cortės in a city on the north (Atlantic) coast of Honduras. Originally known as Puerto de Caballos, the present town was founded in the early colonial period. It grew rapidly in the twentieth century, thanks to the railroad, which exists no longer, and banana production. In terms of volume of traffic the seaport is the largest in Central America and the 36th largest in the world. As of 2014, Puerto Cortés has a population of some 200,000. The city is on the Caribbean Sea coast, north of San Pedro Sula and east of Omoa, at 15.85° N, 87.94° W.
Latitude: 15° 52' 59.99" N
Longitude: -87° 56' 59.99" W