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Honduras
UNESCO
world heritage sites
Copan department
[capital = Santa Rosa de Copan]
Maya Site
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Copan
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The Mayan city of Copan as it exists today is composed of a main complex of ruins with several secondary complexes encircling it.
Gracias a Dios department
[capital = Puerto Lempira]
Biosphere Reserve
in
Rio Platano
Located on the watershed of the Rio Platano, the reserve is one of the few remains of a tropical rainforest in Central America and has an abundant and varied plant and wildlife. In its mountainous landscape sloping down to the Caribbean coast, over 2,000 indigenous people have preserved their traditional way of life.