La Entrada
Encyclopedia
La Entrada is a town
in the Honduran
department of Copán
. Its name is [Spanish] for "the entrance" and the town is a gateway from coastal Honduras
to the mountainous Western highlands.
Close to La Entrada are the Mayan archaeological ruins at El Puente
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Honduran
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
department of Copán
Copán (department)
Copán is one of the departments in the western part of Honduras. The departmental capital is the town of Santa Rosa de Copán. The department is well-known for its tobacco and fine cigars....
. Its name is [Spanish] for "the entrance" and the town is a gateway from coastal Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
to the mountainous Western highlands.
Close to La Entrada are the Mayan archaeological ruins at El Puente
El Puente
El Puente, or the Parque Arqueológico El Puente , is a Maya archaeological site in the department of Copán in Honduras. Once an independent Maya city, the city of El Puente became a tributary to the nearby city of Copán between the 6th and 9th centuries AD...
.