Industrial park to start operating in Honduras

On September 1 the "Pacific Free Zone" (Zip Choluteca) industrial complex will official begin operations, and should eventually provide jobs to some 5000 persons from the southern zone of the country.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Zip Choluteca is located in the sector called "Ciudad Valcanes," an area that is approximately 516 acres, and will have an industrial and commercial area, a bilingual school, and 250 houses for which credit will be made available to workers from the Zone.
The new maquila should benefit the entire population of the southern zone, especially the Department of Choluteca and its capital.

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