Arenal, Yoro
Arenal is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro. Demographics At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Arenal municipality had a population of 5,949. Of these, 99.51% were Mestizo, 0.24% Black or Afro-Honduran, 0.22% Indigenous and 0.03% White White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on .... References Municipalities of the Yoro Department {{Honduras-geo-stub ...
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Yoro Department
Yoro is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends. The departmental capital is Yoro. The department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people. It is famous for the Lluvia de Peces (rain of fishes), a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains. Municipalities # Arenal # El Negrito # El Progreso # Jocón # Morazán # Olanchito # Santa Rita # Sulaco # Victoria # Yorito # Yoro Demographics At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro Department had a population of 570,595. Of these, 88.12% were Mestizo, 7.26% White, 3.79% Indigenous (2.92% Tolupan, 0.39% Chʼortiʼ, 0.28% Lenca, 0.09% Nahua), 0.71% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.12% others. Economy The department, historically, is known for harvesting mahogany and cedar trees for e ...
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