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Potrerillos

Cortes Department · Honduras
City population
26,954
#33
in Honduras
#8
in Cortes Department
#19,780
worldwide
TegucigalpaPotrerillos
15.230, -87.964 · 151 km from Tegucigalpa
City population
26,954
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Honduras
#33
of 64 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#19,780
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Honduras
0.2%
of the national population

About Potrerillos

Potrerillos is a city in Cortes Department, Honduras with a population of 26,954. It is the 33rd largest of the 64 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Honduras, and the 19,780th largest worldwide. It lies 151 km from Tegucigalpa.

Position in Honduras
#33of 64
LargestSmallest
Position in Cortes Department
#8of 11
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Honduras
Region
Cortes Department
Rank in region
#8of 11
Distance to capital
151 km
to Tegucigalpa
Elevation
48 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Tegucigalpa
Coordinates
15.230, -87.964
Record updated
2026-06-08
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 64 in Honduras

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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