Refuge

barrio morazan greici

Honduras0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

barrio morazan greici ("Morazán neighbourhood, at Greici's") in Choluteca department, Choluteca/Marcovia sector (southern Honduras, Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras), at 49 m elevation, Pacific coastal plain. New Honduras cluster appearing at batch 351. Private home in the "Barrio Morazán" (Francisco Morazán 1792-1842, liberal hero of Central America, president of the Federation 1830-40, executed in Costa Rica, namesake of 5 countries), zone of Fonseca mangroves (200 km² of mangroves, largest in Central America, threatened by industrial shrimp farming for US export + Marañón Persea americana avocado tree native, domesticated 5,000 years ago + Honduras the largest shrimp exporter in Central America), heritage of the Lenca (pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of the south, 200,000 speakers, Lenca language extinct in the 1900s, syncretism with the Guancasco cult, ancient Chorotega Pope).

The setting

Choluteca Choluteca/Marcovia southern Honduras Gulf of Fonseca 49 m Pacific coastal plain, new cluster batch 351, casa Barrio Morazán Francisco Morazán 1792-1842 liberal hero Central America president Federation 1830-40 executed CR namesake 5 countries, Fonseca mangroves 200 km² 1st Central America threatened by shrimp farming for US export + Persea americana avocado domesticated 5,000 years + HN largest shrimp exporter Central America, Lenca pre-Columbian 200,000 Lenca extinct 1900s Guancasco ancient Chorotega Pope.