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Puerto Castilla, Honduras

Puerto Castilla, Honduras

Puerto Castilla is a city in Honduras.

This port city on the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) was the one-time site of the United Fruit Company's Castilla Division which specialized in the growth, cultivation and shipments of the Gros Michel banana. This division was closed in the late 1930s as a result of 'Panama Disease', a blight on the roots of the banana.The port city is now a native fishing village, and the site of a Honduran military base, as well as the site of a container port for Dole fresh fruit products. Vast African Oil Palm plantations now dot the area. The harbor is a deep-water port which has future possibility for development of a major port for the republic.A hospital building is the last remaining evidence of the abandoned United Fruit presence.A fence with guarded entrance now restricts casual traffic into the area.


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