Ahuas () is a
municipality
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in the
Honduran department
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Government and military
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of
Gracias a Dios.
It is served by
Ahuas Airport
Ahuas Airport is an airport serving the village of Ahuas in Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras. The airport is just south of the village.
See also
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*Transport in Honduras
*List of airports in Honduras
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.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Ahuas municipality had a population of 8,095. Of these, 94.46% were
Indigenous (94.05%
Miskito Miskito may refer to:
* Miskito people, ethnic group in Honduras and Nicaragua
** Miskito Sambu, branch of Miskito people with African admixture
** Tawira Miskito, branch of Miskito people of largely indigenous origin
* Miskito language, original la ...
), 4.77%
Mestizo
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, 0.42%
Afro-Honduran or Black, 0.19%
White
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and 0.16% others.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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References
Municipalities of the Gracias a Dios Department
Road-inaccessible communities of North America
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