With a population of 638,259, San Pedro Sula is the second most populated and famous city in Honduras. Approximately 1.44 million residents live in this entire metropolitan area. This city is the capital of the Cortés Department. only 62 miles south of the Caribbean Sea, it is located in the northwestern region of the country in the Sula Valley. Over the next 300 years, this grew to around 10,000. Not only did the banana industry foster rapid growth in San Pedro Sula but it also led to the construction of the Interoceanic Railroad. This the city to Puerto Cortés on the coast is connected via railroad.