Jump to content

Mocorón

Coordinates: 15°1′30.864″N 84°16′49.4040″W / 15.02524000°N 84.280390000°W / 15.02524000; -84.280390000
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mocorón
Village
1988 US Defense Mapping Agency map showing location of village
1988 US Defense Mapping Agency map showing location of village
Mocorón is located in Honduras
Mocorón
Mocorón
Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 15°1′30.864″N 84°16′49.4040″W / 15.02524000°N 84.280390000°W / 15.02524000; -84.280390000
CountryHonduras
DepartmentGracias a Dios
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central America)
ClimateAf

Mocorón is a remote village in the Puerto Lempira municipality of the Gracias a Dios Department in northeastern Honduras. It is located near the confluence of the Mocorón River and the Rio Dursuna stream. The Mocorón Airport is nearby.

In 1981 the village became a refugee camp for Miskito refugees from Nicaragua.[1][2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Tillman, Benjamin F. Imprints on Native Lands: The Miskito-Moravian Settlement Landscape in Honduras, pp. 57-58 (2011)
  2. ^ Chen, Desiree (10 November 1991). Volunteer Finds Her Cause In Jungles of Honduras, Chicago Tribune ("Mocoron, a village of 400 people that is almost completely cut off from the outside world")