Lempira (Lenca ruler) Lempira (Lenca ruler) Lempira was a war chieftain of the Lencas of western Honduras in Central America during the 1530s, when he led resistance to Francisco de Montejo's attempts to conquer and incorporate the region into the province of Honduras. Mentioned as "Lempira" in documents written during the Spanish conquest, he is regarded by the people as a warrior hero. Jorge Lardé y Larín argues that the name "Lempira" comes from the word "lempira," derived from words of the Lenca language: "lempa", meaning "lord" as a title of hierarchy, "i" meaning "of", and "era", meaning "hill or mountain". Thus, Lempira,
Puerto Lempira population as of 2001 was 4,012. Puerto Lempira is sister city to Plattsburgh, New York, US, and has been since 2011. The city is served by Puerto Lempira Airport, which operates several flights a week on a regular schedule. Like most of the Caribbean side of Central America, Puerto Lempira has a very hot, humid and rainy tropical rainforest climate (Köppen "Af"). Its driest month of March, when the relentlessly wet trade winds are weakest, is only marginally rainy enough to avoid a tropical monsoon classification; however, between June and December monthly rainfall consistently averages above or near . Puerto