San José de Colinas
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San José de Colinas is a town and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 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 Santa Bárbara. As of 2007 it has a population of 4,045. http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-1732&srt=pnan&col=dq&pt=c&va=&geo=378117170

San José de Colinas is a colorful city located two hours from San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...

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Municipality

The municipality counts on 34 villages of which the most important is San Miguel of lajas.

Tourism

Tourist sites include a Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 temple
Temple
A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out...

 that dates from 1930 by the creeks of the Jicatuyo River
Jicatuyo River
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