Talk:La Ceiba

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La Ceiba is the third largest city of Honduras, containing about 250,000 people. It is located on its northern Caribbean coast. It is the capital of the Department of Atlántida. It is known as the girlfriend of Honduras. It was named after a huge ceiba tree that used to be by the docks.

The city is famous for it's yearly carnival held on the third saturday of May and for its blend of Latino, Caribbean, and Garifuna culture. It is also home to the Dole Food Company which exports bananas, pineapples, and grapefruit. Fishing activities are also important, together with the Bay Islands fleet, comprise the most important fishing group in Caribbean Honduras.

ABC link

ABC-Honduras is a charity project (100% non-profit) that works in Rio Viejo (Cangrejal River). I would concider this as a part of La Ceiba! I think a charity project, that supports children is way more interesting than for example "railroad pictures". The cangrejal river is also THE tourist attraction of La Ceiba and the ABC project is working on establishing a sense of tourism (through a training center), so that tourism can actually start to grow here and help the people in this area. By the way I also have a big company in La Ceiba but I am not putting my company link on the wikipedia page either.

Wikipedia doesnt particularly support charities, and why should it? I dont actually see any difference between a business and a charity, both are trying to do good and if we put links to charities businesses will want to put links too. Cangrejo is a tourist attraction in La Ceiba but the primary attraction is surely the Zona Viva (Carnaval etc) and what about Pico Bonito? SqueakBox 23:48, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

ABC link 2

Please show me where it mentions La ceiba, certainly not on the page you have given us, or if so Where? i removed a touristy link too, this page is not an ad for services in la Ceiba. it is also debatable whetehr a charity project like this does any good whatsoever, I might as well add my business link on the basis that that helps Ceiba more than any charity, but I wont so please dont add your work link either, SqueakBox 17:46, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

LA

This LA leads to a disambig page. Do you mean Los Angeles? If so please stop linking to LA which is confusing, SqueakBox 16:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

Sister cities of Mumbai?

I am wondering where is the list of sister cities of Mumbai? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nirajrm (talk • contribs) 15:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC). --Nirajrm ^{talk ||| sign plz!} 15:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Does it have any? It should twin with La Ceiba, SqueakBox 15:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Picture

The image I had removed earlier is not the downtown or "centro" of La Ceiba. That area is close to the downtown area but not really considered part of el centro. Does anybody mind if I change the caption to something more appropriate? Oscar (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Any suggestions would be welcome. Originally someone described it as being in a barrio which it clearly isn't, its about 10 blocks south of the muni building, and I certainly don't objectt o you improving the caption. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Avenida 15 de septiembre? I don't believe there is such an avenida, perhaps you are thinking of 14 de Julio. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Nope, I know the difference between avenida 14 de julio and avenida 15 de septiembre, I've been living in La Ceiba for 22 years, I know my way around perfectly. That IS a picture of avenida 15 de septiembre where Instituto Maria Regina is, also where the main bus terminal is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oking83 (talk • contribs) 19:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Aha. It was me who took that picture and it is not of the road on which the bus terminal lies unless my memory completely fails me. I'll go and check where I think this place is in the next couple of days and remove mention of any avenida name until then. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok, the bus terminal is all the way to the end of that street.

In that picture, that's where the street starts (close to the intersection with Avenida la Republica, which leads to the old dock), it is known as "boulevard 15 de septiembre". Later, a little before where the terminal is, it becomes "avenida 15 de septiembre". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oking83 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, Now I'm really embarrassed, upon closer inspection, now I think you're right. Though there IS an avenida 15 de septiembre, I realized I was looking wrong at the picture. That IS Avenida 14 de Julio, very close to the Dipsa gas station, if I'm not mistaken (although now we know I have been mistaken in the past, heh). I apologize for my earlier comments.Oscar (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 20:02, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh don't be embarrassed, as I said it was me who took the pic but cant remember if it was in san Isidro or 14 de Julio, I never think of the bus station road as 15 de septiembre but I used to live every close to where that pic is taken and so learnt the names for 14 de julio and San Isidro. I've only been here 4 and a half years, far less time and I don't go out very much. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Population

Yeah, the exact population of the city is always disputed. The last Honduras census in 2000 said that La Ceiba had about 140,000 inhabitants. This was the last official census carried out by the government and let me tell you: if it is in fact over 200,000 right now, that's pretty remarkable! So I think you might want to double check that with an official entityOscar (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

What we need are reliable sources, I must say I thought it was 250,000 but did not know that census figure. Certainly 200,000 now would be an increase over only marginally over 5% a year and I wonder how unrealistic that actually is, but do read the reliable sources link anyway. And you can sign your comments with 4 squiggles ~~~~. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:20, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Distinguished Natives of La Ceiba

There are a few people in the list that don't really belong there. Sure they might be local political figures, but objectively speaking they're not really "distinguished" per se. I wouldn't really refer to former mayors of the city as "distinguished". If that were the case than wouldn't we agree that every mayor the city has ever had should be on the list? I have the same opinion for members of congress.

Like I said, I'm trying to be objective, does anybody else agree? Oscar (talk) 00:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I think we should only have people with articles in the list. Aren't the Palacios from La Ceiba? If so there are some missing from the list too. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

RED VECINOS ALERTA RVA

La Red Vecinos Alerta (RVA) es una organización comunitaria con sede en edificio la española de la colonia Pizzati en la ciudad puerto de La Ceiba. Se fundó el 27 de enero del año 2007 por un grupo de buenos ciudadanos que pretenden elevar la seguridad comunitaria y destacar la voz de alerta temprana en casos de contingencias y desarrollo social.

Su fundador es el ingeniero Joe Kirkconnell quien funge como su presidente vitalicio y ya ha logrado juramentar más de dos mil voluntarios en diferentes barrios y colonias de la ciudad.

La RVA actualmente está trabajando en la parte oriente de la ciudad de La Ceiba, imprime y distribuye una publicación mensual que se llama SOL NEWS, el periódico comunitario de Honduras. Utilizándolo como su órgano de divulgación oficial y medio patrocinador económico del treinta por ciento de sus proyectos en las comunidades.

"Notable residents"

The title of that section should remain "Distinguished Natives" because there are at least 2 people on that list that don't reside in La Ceiba. Any thoughts? Oscar (talk) 19:38, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

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