Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}UK: /tɛˌɡuːsɪˈɡælpə/[9] US: /təˌ-/[10][11] Spanish: [teɣusiˈɣalpa])—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District (Spanish: Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.[12]), and colloquially referred to as Tegus or Teguz[13]—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comayagüela.[14] Claimed on 29 September 1578 by the Spaniards,[15] Tegucigalpa became the Honduran capital on 30 October 1880, under President Marco Aurelio Soto, when he moved the seat of government from Comayagua,[16] which had been the Honduran capital since its independence in 1841. The 1936 constitution established Tegucigalpa and Comayagua as a Central District,[17] and the current 1982 Honduran Constitution continues to define the sister cities as a Central District[c] that serves as the permanent national capital.[18][19]