San Marcos de Colón

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San Marcos de Colón (Mandaime)
Municipality
San Marcos de Colón
Coordinates: 13°16′0″N 86°48′0″W / 13.26667°N 86.80000°W / 13.26667; -86.80000
Country	Honduras
Department	Choluteca
Municipio (County)	San Marcos de Colón
Foundation	1824
Government
• Mayor	Douglas Ordóñez (Since January 25th 2010)
• Vice-mayor	José Jorge Espinal
Area
• Municipality	578 km2 (223 sq mi)
Elevation	960 m (3,150 ft)
Population  (2023 projection)[1]
• Municipality	32,283
• Density	36/km2 (90/sq mi)
• Urban	15,972
Time zone	UTC-6

San Marcos de Colón is a town, with a population of 13,920 (2023 calculation),^[2] and a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca, located on the border with Nicaragua.

The town is located on the Pan-American Highway near the Nicaraguan border town of Somoto, and 192 km away from the capital Tegucigalpa.

The town received city status in 1927, though its origins date back to 1795.^[3]

The climate has traditionally been described as tropical. However, due to widespread agricultural deforestation and a higher altitude (3500 to 5000 feet above sea level); the climate can be more aptly described in many cases as temperate. It can be dusty in the dry season (January through March).

The local football team, Atlético Pinares, played in the second tier of Honduran football until it sold its franchise to Comayagua F.C. in 2012.

• Pedro Joaquin Mendoza Caballero (born 1966), painter^[4]

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