Tela

Honduras

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Tela, city and port, northern Honduras. It lies along Tela Bay, off the Gulf of Honduras.

The old village of Tela lies across the Tela River from the modern port works and city, which were constructed by the United Fruit Company. Tela gained fame as a banana port, but it now exports coconuts and citrus fruits as well. It also manufactures palm and vegetable oils, lumber, plywood, paper, and cement products. Fish caught in nearby waters are packed or frozen in processing plants. Various branches of the Tela Railway, nationalized in 1975, bring crops to the port, and there are railroad and extensive highway connections to other centres and an airport. Pop. (2001) 28,335; (2013) 33,797.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.