Tegucigalpa is the capital city of Honduras. According to 2005 estimates, the city of Tegucigalpa has approximately 1.25 million people.

Tegucigalpa was founded by Spanish settlers as Real Villa de San Miguel de Heredia de Tegucigalpa in 1578 on the site of an existing native settlement. Before and after independence, the city was a mining center for silver and gold.

The city's main landmarks include the former Presidential Palace, which is now a national museum, a 20th-century Legislative Palace, the headquarters of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, the campus of the National University of Honduras founded in 1847, an 18th-century cathedral, and the Basilica of the Virgin of Suyapa.