Bonito Oriental

Bonito Oriental
Municipality
Bonito Oriental

Location in Honduras

Coordinates: HN 15°44′N 85°44′W / 15.733°N 85.733°W / 15.733; -85.733
Country Honduras
Department Colón
Area
  Total 468 km2 (181 sq mi)
Population (2015)
  Total 28,865
  Density 62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Climate Aw

Bonito Oriental is 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.

Coordinates: 15°44′N 85°44′W / 15.733°N 85.733°W / 15.733; -85.733

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