Why was the Honduran capital moved from Comayagua to Tegucigalpa in 1880?

The capital of Honduras was moved from Comayagua to Tegucigalpa in 1880 as part of a broader political shift toward liberalism.12

Following the rise of the Liberal president Marco Aurelio Soto in 1876, the government sought to dismantle the influence of the Conservative faction that had dominated the country for decades. In 1880, the Liberals promulgated a new constitution designed to undo the work of their predecessors, which included the formal transfer of the national capital to Tegucigalpa. This move concluded a long-standing rivalry between the two cities for the status of capital, a position they had alternated between since 1824.1234