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Honduras's northeast corner is made up of the remote and sparsely populated expanse of La Mosquitia . Bounded to the west by the mountain ranges of the Rio Platano and Colon, with the Rio Coco forming the border with Nicaragua to the south, this vast region comprises almost a fifth of Honduras's territory. With just two peripheral roads and a tiny population divided among a few far-flung towns and villages, entering the Mosquitia really does mean leaving the beaten track. To the surprise of many who come here expecting to have to hack their way through jungle, much of the Mosquitia is composed of marshy coastal wetlands and flat savanna - likened by some to the landscape of South Carolina. The small communities of Palacios and Brus Laguna are access points for the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve , set up to protect one of the finest remaining stretches of virgin tropical rainforest in Central America. Puerto Lempira , to the east, is the regional capital. The largest ethnic group inhabiting the Mosquitia are the Miskitos , numbering around 30,000, who spoke a unique form of English until as recently as a few generations ago. There are much smaller indigenous communities of Pech , who number around 2500, and Tawahka (Sumu), of whom there are under a thousand, living around the Rio Patuca.
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