Honduras · Honduras

Puerto Castilla

An old banana port north of Trujillo.

Population
About 600 (recent)

Then

  1. 1924

    Belizean independence leader Leigh Richardson is born here.

  2. 1930s

    United Fruit's Castilla division closes after Panama disease.

  3. 1940s

    The village moves east when a seaplane base is built.

Now

Puerto Castilla is a fishing village of about 600 people.

Sources