La Capa, Departamento de Yoro, Honduras

Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Yoro Department, Honduras
Region:	Departamento de Yoro, Honduras
Latitude:	15° 10' 59" N
Longitude:	87° 1' 0" W
Lat/Long (dec):	15.18333,-87.01667
Köppen climate type:	Am : Tropical monsoon climate
Mindat Feature ID:	3608294
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:3608294:2
GUID:	0

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Minas de Oro Cu-Au skarn, Minas de Oro, Comayagua Department, Honduras	14° 48' 3" N	87° 21' 17" W	55.9km (34.7 miles)
Canaan deposit, Juticalpa Municipality, Olancho Department, Honduras	14° 33' 0" N	86° 28' 48" W	91.0km (56.6 miles)
Murcielago placer deposit, Juticalpa Municipality, Olancho Department, Honduras	14° 30' 25" N	86° 30' 37" W	92.8km (57.7 miles)
Guajiniquil gold placer, Juticalpa Municipality, Olancho Department, Honduras	14° 29' 38" N	86° 21' 55" W	103.8km (64.5 miles)
Rosario Mine, Tegucigalpa, Central District, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras	14° 13' 16" N	87° 4' 59" W	107.2km (66.6 miles)
Río Jalan placers, Juticalpa Municipality, Olancho Department, Honduras	14° 33' 23" N	86° 14' 33" W	108.5km (67.4 miles)
Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras	14° 52' 18" N	87° 59' 25" W	110.2km (68.5 miles)
Las Piedras Cave, Villa de San Antonio, Comayagua Department, Honduras	14° 18' 22" N	87° 32' 3" W	112.3km (69.8 miles)
El Mochito Mine, Las Vegas Municipality, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras	14° 51' 28" N	88° 3' 1" W	116.7km (72.5 miles)
Tegucigalpa, Central District, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras	14° 4' 20" N	87° 11' 31" W	125.0km (77.7 miles)
Agua Fria Mine, Danlí, El Paraíso Department, Honduras	14° 6' 3" N	86° 37' 11" W	127.7km (79.4 miles)
El Plomo Mine, Ojojona, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras	14° 0' 0" N	87° 0' 0" W	131.6km (81.8 miles)
San Albino North, San Albino Mine, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 41' 39" N	86° 6' 0" W	192.8km (119.8 miles)
San Albino Mine, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 41' 22" N	86° 6' 3" W	193.1km (120.0 miles)
Southwest Pit, San Albino Mine, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 41' 8" N	86° 6' 11" W	193.4km (120.2 miles)
San Lorenzo, San Albino Mine, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 41' 20" N	86° 5' 45" W	193.5km (120.2 miles)
Arras Extension, San Albino Mine, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 41' 6" N	86° 5' 51" W	193.8km (120.4 miles)
Las Conchitas, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 40' 29" N	86° 6' 9" W	194.5km (120.9 miles)
Las Conchitas North, Las Conchitas, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 40' 38" N	86° 5' 52" W	194.5km (120.9 miles)
Las Conchitas Central, Las Conchitas, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 40' 29" N	86° 5' 51" W	194.8km (121.0 miles)
Las Conchitas South, Las Conchitas, Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua	13° 40' 1" N	86° 6' 2" W	195.3km (121.4 miles)
El Transito mine, Valle Department, Honduras	13° 30' 47" N	87° 35' 47" W	195.9km (121.7 miles)
San Sebastian mine, Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión Department, El Salvador	13° 38' 36" N	87° 55' 12" W	196.9km (122.4 miles)
Morales mine, Izabal Department, Guatemala	15° 23' 37" N	88° 52' 48" W	201.2km (125.0 miles)
Divisadero Mine, El Divisadero, Morazán Department, El Salvador	13° 36' 2" N	88° 3' 30" W	208.7km (129.7 miles)
Monte Cristo Mine, El Divisadero, Morazán Department, El Salvador	13° 35' 59" N	88° 4' 11" W	209.4km (130.1 miles)
Twin Hills Pit, San Andrés Mine, La Unión Municipality, Copán Department, Honduras	14° 45' 36" N	88° 56' 11" W	211.5km (131.4 miles)
El Corpus deposits, Choluteca Department, Honduras	13° 16' 47" N	87° 1' 11" W	211.6km (131.5 miles)
East Ledge Pit, San Andrés Mine, La Unión Municipality, Copán Department, Honduras	14° 45' 57" N	88° 56' 24" W	211.8km (131.6 miles)
San Andrés Mine, La Unión Municipality, Copán Department, Honduras	14° 45' 51" N	88° 56' 30" W	212.0km (131.7 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Caribbean Plate	Tectonic Plate
Central America	Region
Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Central America
Honduras	Country
Yoro Department, Honduras	Department
Chortis Block, North America Plate	Accretionary Complex
Central America, North America	Subregion

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Honduras, Yoro, Yoro	101.18.298.0.0.0

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