9 Interesting Facts About Roatan You Should Know

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9 Interesting Facts About Roatan You Should Know
Here are 9 Interesting facts about Roatan You
Should know 1. Roatan is an island in the
Caribbean located about 65 km along the north
coast of Honduras between the islands of Utila
and Guanaj. 2. Initially it was called
Ruatan or Rattan and it is the largest island of
the Bay Islands of Honduras. 3. Roatan
has 2 municiplaities-Jose Santos Guardiola in the
east region and Roatan, the Cayos Cochinos along
the south west region.
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• Coxen Hole is one of the densest regions of the
  island and the capital city of the Roatan
  municipality. It is the settlement area of Gravel
  Bay, Flowers Bay, and Pensacola on the southern
  coast and West Bay, West End, and Sandy Bay on
  the north coast.
• Roatan is an important hub for scuba diving, an
  important cruise ship, fishing, and tourism is
  one of its major sources of income.
• 6. Roatan is situated at the southern
  edge of the Meso American Barrier reef system
  which is the second-largest barrier reef in the
  world.

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7. Roatan reef system has been protected
by the local and central government and many
efforts are taken to maintain the reefs through
weekly clean-ups or removing plastic litters or
daily drives. 8. The Juan Manuel Galvez
International Airport is one of the 4 airports in
Roatan to receive international traffic. 9.
Some of the most popular attractions in Roatan
include West Bay Beach, Gumbalimba Park, Little
French Key, Daniel Johnsons Monkey and Sloth
Hang out, Infinity Bay Road, Maya Cay, West End
Village, Barefoot Cay Road, etc.
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