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Puerto Lempira is the capital of the Gracias a Dios department in northeastern Honduras, located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon. Though it does not have paved roads, it is the largest town in the La Mosquitia region.〔Chandler, Gary & Prado, Liza. ''Honduras & the Bay Islands'' (2007) p. 297 (ISBN 978-1740591508)〕 The town is named for the 16th century leader of the indigenous Lenca peoples, Lempira, who directed an ultimately unsuccessful resistance against the Spanish ''conquistador'' forces in the 1530s. Puerto Lempira became the departmental capital in 1975, prior to which it was Brus Laguna. In the 1980s, the town became a center for CIA operations against the Sandinistas.〔Gill, Nicholas. ''Frommer's Honduras'' (2009) p.260 (ISBN 978-0470159439)〕 Its population as of 2001 was 4,012.〔("Puerto-Lempira" ) ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', Retrieved November 9, 2009〕 Puerto Lempira is sister city to Plattsburgh, New York, USA, and has been since 2011. ==Transportation== The city is served by Puerto Lempira Airport, which operates several flights a week on a regular schedule. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Puerto Lempira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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