Choloma

Choloma Tholomat
Nickname(s): Choal
Choloma
Coordinates: 15°38′0″N 88°0′0″W / 15.63333°N 88.00000°WCoordinates: 15°38′0″N 88°0′0″W / 15.63333°N 88.00000°W
Country	Honduras
Departament	Cortés
Area
• Total	448 km^2 (173 sq mi)
Population (2015)[1]
• Total	242,974
• Density	540/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Climate	Am

Choloma is a municipality in the Honduran department of Cortés. It is now the third-largest city in Honduras.

Many factories are stationed in Choloma due to its cheap labour which has helped the municipality's economy. As a result of this, fast food enterprises including Pizza Hut, Wendy's, Church's Chicken and Burger King have opened in the municipality, along with a shopping mall. Choloma is just south of Puerto Cortes and north of San Pedro Sula, with transportation to other municipalities provided by private bus companies. Many transnational companies, such as Oskoch, are stationed here for production as well as in various tax-free zones around the country.

Mayors

1894: José María Cobas B. 1895: Jesús Urbina 1896: Ángel Vaquero 1902: José D. Portocarrero 1903: Pedro Hernández 1916: Alonso G. Urbina 1917: Pedro Alemán 1918: Justiniano Aguiluz 1919: Dionisio Ortega 1920: Pablo Reyes 1927: Ildefonso Martínez 1928: Pablo Reyes 1929: Guillermo Mayes 1931: Pablo Reyes 1932: José Cándido Mejía 1933: Pablo Reyes 1934: José María Galdamez

1935: Máximo Zúniga 1936: Carmen Bardales 1937: Eduardo Ramos 1938: Roque Moreira 1943: Raimundo Tejada 1944: Juan Martínez 1945: Ernesto Tejada 1946: Rafael García Caballero 1947: Roque Matta 1948: Luciano Hernández Henríquez 1950: Roque Matta 1954: Jacinto Medina R. 1955: Jesús Alcacer 1959: Selvin Peña 1961:Rómulo Castellón Casco 1962:Rómulo Castellón Casco 1962: Manuel Pagan Lozano 1964: Leopoldo Aguilar Cantarero 1965: Arnold Alcacer

1966: Luciano Hernández Henríquez 1969: Juan Pagan Lozano 1971: Manuel Pagan Lozano 1973: Fausto Deras Velásquez 1976: Circuncisión Hernández Cruz 1980: Miguel Ángel Alvarado 1982: Blanca Aída Reyes Contreras 1984: Rómulo Castellón Casco 1986: Julio César Yánez Cerna 1987: Blanca Alicia Milla Vda. de Yánez 1990: Gustavo Adolfo Torres 1994: José Armando Gale 1998: José Armando Gale 2002: Sandra Derás Rivera 2006: Leopoldo Crivelli

Sports

Atlético Choloma is the professional football club from Choloma, who have played in the Honduran national football league from 2011 through 2013. They play their home games at the Estadio Rubén Deras.

References

1. "Honduras: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazeteer. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

External links

• Muni owes more than $1 million to private sand extraction company In Spanish.
• Choloma crece al paso de la maquila