San Juan de Opoa
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San Juan de Opoa is a municipality
in the Honduran
department of Copán.
It was one of the first villages founded by the Spaniards in 1526
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 Copán.
It was one of the first villages founded by the Spaniards in 1526