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Catacamas
Catacamas
	A street scene in central Catacamas -the 'Mirador de la Cruz' is visible in the background
	; Catacamas
	Coordinates: 14°48′N 85°54′W / 14.8°N 85.9°W
Country	Honduras
Department	Olancho
	Population (2006)
- Total	35,200

Catacamas is a municipality and a city of over 30,000 in the south east of Honduran department of Olancho. Catacamas is the largest municipality in the department. It is to the south of Dulce Nombre de Culmí and San Esteban, to the north of Patuca, and to the east of Juticalpa. The Talgua River runs to the east of the town, before joining the Guayape.

The Catholic Church "San Francisco de Asis" is one of the main focal points in the town, and sits in front of the municipal building. At the center of Catacamas township is the Parque Central, a focal point of town life.

Villages within Catacamas municipality include El Esquilinchuche on the banks of the Guayape river.

Parque Central in Catacamas -for size reference the trunk of the central tree is 14 feet across-

The Church in the center of Catacamas, 'San Francisco de Asis'

A picture of one of the many open-air markets in central Catacamas

[edit] Talgua caves

Main article: Talgua caves

Among the area's most famous tourist attractions are the Talgua caves, also known as "The Cave of the Glowing Skulls," is located a couple miles north-east of Catacamas. The caves were used as a burial site by the native peoples, and over time, the bones left there were covered by the calcite dripping from the ceiling Radiocarbon testing indicated that the burials were made around 900 B.C., well before the rise of the Maya and other civilizations. The ossuary chamber was discovered in 1994 by a Peace Corps Volunteer named Timothy Berg, along with two Catacams locals named Desiderio Reyes and Jorge Yánez, and research is still being conducted in the area.^{[citation needed]}

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Coordinates: 14°48′N 85°54′W / 14.8°N 85.9°W / 14.8; -85.9