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[[Image:HondurasColón.png|frame|right|Location of Colón department]]
'''Colón''' is one of the 18 [[Departments of Honduras|departments]] into which the [[Central America]]n nation of [[Honduras]] is divided. It was created in 1881. The departmental capital is [[Trujillo, Colón|Trujillo]], and the other main city is [[Tocoa, Colón|Tocoa]]. Trujillo was the site of the first Catholic Mass in the American mainland, held when Christopher Columbus reached the Honduran shore in 1502.
Colon harbors a substantial [[Garifuna]] population and has pristine beaches and rainforested national parks. The Fort of Santa Barbara, built by the Spaniards in the colonial era, was the site of the execution of US filibuster [[William Walker (soldier)|William Walker]] in Trujillo, and his remains are buried in the city's graveyard.
The department covers a total surface area of 8,875 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 266,755 people.
==[[Municipalities of Honduras|Municipalities]]==
# [[Balfate]]
# [[Bonito Oriental]]
# [[Iriona]]
# [[Limón, Colón|Limón]]
# [[Sabá]]
# [[Santa Fé, Colón|Santa Fé]]
# [[Santa Rosa de Aguán]]
# [[Sonaguera]]
# [[Tocoa, Colón|Tocoa]]
# [[Trujillo, Colón|Trujillo]]
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