El Puente, locally called El Puente Archaeological Park, is the denomination of an archaeological zone in the Department of Copán, Honduras. It was at one time an independent Mayan city and between the 6th and 9th century it became dependent and tributary of Copán. The site contains more than 200 structures between tombs, ceremonial buildings and rooms, although few of them have been excavated
El departamento de Copán, se encuentra fronterizo con la república de Guatemala. Su cabecera departamental es la ciudad de Santa Rosa de Copán y en la cual se encuentran las sedes de oficinas gubernamentales departamentales; la superficie territorial es de 3,242 km² y de acuerdo al censo de 1991 la población asciende a los 226 000 habitantes.