COMAYAGUA, a city and former capital of Honduras, Central America, now the capital of the department of Comaya gua. Population, about 7,000 ; at one time (1827) it had a popu lation of about 18,000 people. The city lies on the right bank of the Humuya river in a fertile valley 32m. long by 16m. wide, and is distant from the capital, Tegucigalpa (q.v.), about Tom. by road. It lies on the line of the proposed transcontinental railway, but, what is more important at the present time, on the highway from Tegucigalpa to the north coast, a route which includes a boat trip across Lake Yojoa to Portrerillos (about loom. from Comayagua), the inland terminus of the National railway. Coma yagua boasts a handsome cathedral, dating from 1715, and other public buildings of the colonial era which have fallen into disre pair. The town was founded originally in 154o, with the name of Valladolid la Nueva, by Alonzo Caceres, under instructions from the Spanish Government to found a town midway between the two oceans. The new town soon afterwards became the capital of the province of Honduras, was given the rank of a city in 1557 and became the site of an episcopal see in 1561. In 1827 it was burned by the revolutionaries, suffered from various subsequent battles and in 188o Tegucigalpa (q.v.) was made the capital.