Official Name: | Bonito Oriental |
Pushpin Map: | Honduras |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Honduras |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Honduras |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Colón |
Area Total Km2: | 509 |
Population As Of: | 2023 projection |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Population Total: | 30675 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 19349 |
Coordinates: | 15.7333°N -129°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Bonito Oriental is a town, with a population of 10,790 (2023 calculation),[2] and a municipality in the Honduran department of Colón.
The town of Bonito Oriental is the primary location of the novel The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux. While Theroux's book describes the town as being very remote and difficult to get to, it was actually located about one mile from a main paved highway at the time he wrote the book.