Olanchito

Olanchito lies in the fertile valley of the Aguán River in northern Honduras. Mountains rise on either side of the valley, and streams descending from their slopes feed the river. Accounts of the town’s foundation differ: one associates it with a sixteenth-century Spanish foundation, while another tells of settlers arriving from Olancho after a disaster in the early seventeenth century. The older settlement stood on the opposite bank of the Aguán from the later town.

The later city of La Ceiba lies here.