Honduras · Honduras
Puerto Cortés
Central America's busiest seaport.
- Population
- 142,311 (2023 proj.)
- Founded
- 1524
Then
- 1524
Gil González Dávila founds the town.
- 1869
Puerto Caballos is renamed for Hernán Cortés.
- 1876
The railroad is nationalized. It never gets past San Pedro Sula.
Now
By traffic, Puerto Cortés is the largest port in Central America.