Honda, Tolima

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official_name = Honda
nickname = "The Bridge City"

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subdivision_type = Departament
subdivision_name = Tolima
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Fabio Torres
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population_total = 26873 [http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/regiones/tolima/honda.pdf]
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Honda is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 26,873 as of the 2005 [http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/regiones/tolima/honda.pdf] census. Along with Líbano, Honda is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Líbano-Honda. The main industries of Honda are tourism, fishing, and cattle-ranching.

Honda is called "the City of Bridges" with more than 25 of them on the rivers Magdalena, Gualí, Guarinó, and Quebrada Seca. It is also called the "City of Peace" as it escaped most of the violence of the 1950s.Fact|date=June 2007

History

Honda was founded on 24 August 1539 . The "golden age" of the city was between 1850 and 1910; thanks to the steam navigation on the Magdalena. The city was the main river port of the country. All the foreign articles that arrived at Bogotá came through the port of Honda.