page_title: Tegucigalpa
section_title: Comayagüela
hierarchical_section_title: Tegucigalpa / Cityscape / Comayagüela
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking northeast from Colonia 15 de septiembre in Comayagüela at the construction site of City Mall in Tegucigalpa, M.D.C, capital of Honduras.Español: Vista hacia el noreste desde la Colonia 15 de septiembre en Comayagüela a la altura de la obra de construcción de City Mall en Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., capital de Honduras.
context_page_description: Tegucigalpa, formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, and colloquially referred to as Tegus or Teguz, is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its twin sister, Comayagüela.
  Claimed on 29 September 1578 by the Spaniards, Tegucigalpa became the country's capital on October 30, 1880, under President Marco Aurelio Soto, when he moved the capital from Comayagua. The Constitution of Honduras, enacted in 1982, names the sister cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela as a Central District to serve as the permanent national capital, under articles 8 and 295.
  After the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1841, Honduras became an individual sovereign nation with Comayagua as its capital. The capital was moved to Tegucigalpa in 1880. On January 30, 1937, Article 179 of the 1936 Honduran Constitution was changed under Decree 53 to establish Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela as a Central District.
  Tegucigalpa is located in the southern-central highland region known as the department of Francisco Morazán of which it is also the departmental capital. It is situated in a valley, surrounded by mountains.
context_section_description: Comayagüela is found on the west bank of the Choluteca River, and most of its urbanization is made up of lower income neighborhoods.  Historically, Comayagüela has remained less developed than the other side of the capital, some citing insufficient contribution from public officials.  In recent years, this western side of the capital has seen some growth and improvement such as the opening of Metromall near the airport.  With the construction of Mall Premier and City Mall, the latter to become the largest mall in the country, Comayagüela will be receiving another upgrade.  There are an estimated 650,000 residents in Comayagüela contributing 58.3 percent of the 120 million lempiras (US$6.349 million) generated every day by commerce in the Central District.
  The Comayagüela side of the capital can be divided into four sections: 1) Zona Centro (Downtown Comayagüela); 2) North Comayagüela; 3) South Comayagüela; and 4) West Comayagüela:
  1 – Zona Centro de Comayagüela is the downtown area of Comayagüela and also the original founding grounds formed by its oldest barrios.  These barrios are formed in a grid street plan style.  Several government offices are located in this district, including the Central Bank of Honduras Annex building and the Criminal Bureau of Investigation (Dirección General de Investigación Criminal) as well as the National School of Fine Arts housed in the former City Hall building of Comayagüela, built in 1845.
  2 – North Comayagüela is formed by relatively recent post-Hurricane Mitch middle class residential developments that stretch onto the northern hills of Comayagüela, such as Colonia Cerro Grande, a continuously growing middle-class neighborhood on the northern outskirts.
  3 – South Comayagüela is by far the better-off region of Comayagüela.  This area is found south and southwest of the airport, around Los Laureles Reservoir and south of Lepaterique Road (Carretera Lepaterique also known as Carretera al Batallón).  Also a post-Hurricane Mitch area, it has grown in the last decade and includes some of Comayagüela's upper income communities that have erupted in the area and continues to spread out as newer suburban middle class developments are built.  Toncontín International, Metro Mall and City Mall are located in this area.  Residencial la Arboleda and Residencial los Hidalgos are some of the growing upper income developments in the southern outskirts of Comayagüela.
  4 – West Comayagüela is mostly impoverished neighborhoods spreading away from Zona Centro onto the surrounding slopes.  Many of these neighborhoods came to be through improvised urbanization and lack proper infrastructure.  This area prevails north of Lepaterique Road and westward of Boulevard de la Comunidad Europea (European Community Blvd).
caption: Looking northeast from Comayagüela at the construction site of the upcoming shopping mall City Mall
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