Welcome to San Pedro Sula, Honduras San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula (Sula Valley), about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With an estimated population of 1,000,000 people (2007 estimate) in its metro area, it is the second largest city in the country behind the capital Tegucigalpa, and is considered the industrial centerof Honduras. It is the capital of the Cortés department. Considered one of the fastest growing industrial cities in Central America. Set in the Sula Valley surrounded by banana plantations and the Merendon Mountain range, San Pedro Sula plays host to both trourist and business travelers alike offering a wide range of activities, sites, excellent hotels and restaurants, and some great shopping. San Pedro Sula is known as the Industrial Capital of Honduras, due to the many factories, plantations, and businesses concentrated around the city. Located in the northern part of Honduras, the city was founded in 1536 by Don Pedro de Alvarado as Villa de San Pedro de Puerto Caballos . Close to the Caribbean coast, Guatemala, and Belize, the city serves as a major transportation hub for the rest of the country, while economically maintaining its base in light industry and the commercial production of coffee, bananas, beef, sugar cane, tobacco, and forestry. The city has a museum of archeology and history, which includes both Pre-Columbian artifacts and expositions detailing the evolution of the city. The cigar making business is important here, as are garment assembly plants, known as maquiladoras. Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) is one of the most important, perhaps the best airport in Honduras due to its local and international connections. Real C.D. España is their best known football team while Club Deportivo Marathón is the most popular team in this city. San Pedro Sula is the only city in the country to have two official stadiums Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, Estadio Francisco Morazan and a small unofficial stadium (Yankel Rosenthal). The first private university in Honduras was founded in San Pedro Sula in 1978, Universidad de San Pedro Sula * La U Privada. View our flight schedule to this destination »