Puerto Lempira Puerto Lempira Puerto Lempira is the capital of the Gracias a Dios department in northeastern Honduras, located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon. Though it does not have paved roads, it is the largest town in the La Mosquitia region. The town is named for the 16th century leader of the indigenous Lenca peoples, Lempira, who directed an ultimately unsuccessful resistance against the Spanish "conquistador" forces in the 1530s. Puerto Lempira became the departmental capital in 1975, prior to which it was Brus Laguna. In the 1980s, the town became a centre for CIA operations against the Sandinistas. Its
San Sebastian, Lempira San Sebastian, Lempira San Sebastian is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. It is one of the farthest municipalities of the Lempira department. It is 13 km ahead of San Manuel Colohete. It is highly recommended to go on a 4 wheel drive vehicle when visiting this municipality. In the census of 1887 it appears as "Colosuca" village, of Gracias. It became a municipality on 7 March 1896. The name of "Colosuca" means "Beautiful Place". The municipality capital is up on a big mountain. Surrounded by many pine trees and some oak trees. The mountains are very high