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Bonito Oriental
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Bonito Oriental is located in Honduras
Bonito Oriental
Bonito Oriental
Location in Honduras
Country Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras
Department Colón
Area
 • Municipality 509 km2 (197 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 projection)
 • Municipality 30,675
 • Density 60.27/km2 (156.09/sq mi)
 • Urban
19,349
Climate Aw

Bonito Oriental is a town, with a population of 10,790 (2023 calculation), and 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.

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