Honduras · Honduras
La Mosquitia
Central America's biggest wilderness, at Cabo Gracias a Dios.
- Department
- 90,795 (2013)
- Department created
- 1957
Then
- Columbus
The cape is named for Columbus's words of thanks on reaching it.
- 1957
Gracias a Dios department is created.
- 2015
An expedition reports a previously unknown ruined city in the forest.
Now
Most people are Miskito, and lobster diving is the main income. The region is reached mostly by boat and plane.