Amapala

Amapala
Municipality
Catholic cathedral of Amapala
Amapala
Coordinates: 13°17′32″N 87°39′14″W / 13.29222°N 87.65389°W / 13.29222; -87.65389
Country	Honduras
Department	Valle
Government
• Mayor	Santos Alberto Cruz Guevara (Liberal Party)
Area
• Land	75.2 km2 (29.0 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Municipality	12,743
• Urban	2,482
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central America)

Amapala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Valle.

It is formed by El Tigre Island and its satellite islets and rocks in the Gulf of Fonseca. It has an area of 75.2 km² (29.0 sq mi) and a population of 2,482 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 people were living on Isla Comandante). Thanks to a natural deep channel, and despite lacking modern infrastructure, Amapala long served as the main Honduran port in the Pacific Ocean.