Apacilagua () is a small town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Honduran

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Choluteca. It is situated by road to the northeast of the town of Choluteca, in the northern mid part of the province, not far from the border with the

El Paraíso Department El Paraíso () is one of the 18 departments ''(departamentos)'' into which Honduras is divided. The territory of El Paraíso was initially part of the departments of Tegucigalpa (renamed Francisco Morazán in 1943) and Olancho after Central Amer ...

. The small town of Apacilagua lies on the

Choluteca River The Choluteca River ( es, Río Grande o Choluteca) is a river in southern Honduras. Its source is in the Department of Francisco Morazán, near Lepaterique (south-west Tegucigalpa), and from there it flows north through the city of Tegucigalpa, ...

along the RN85 road, and contains the Iglesia Catolica Apacilagua, a Catholic church. The municipality covers an area of , and contains 8 villages and 149 hamlets. As of 2015 it had a population of 9,075 people.

History

The municipality was established in 1831. At the time of the census of 1887 it was listed as a municipality within Orocuina District. In August 2012, the Centro de Documentación e Información para la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (Documentation and Information Center for Food and Nutrition Security) (CEDESAN) was established in Apacilagua, opened by the mayor, Rafael Mendoza. The centre is affiliated with the Programa Regional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional para Centroamérica (Regional Program for Food and Nutrition Security for Central America) (PRESANCA), which seeks to ensure food and nutritional safety within Central America, which has the financial support of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

, the

Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) ( es, link=no, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo) is a Spanish autonomous agency responsible for the management of the Government internationa ...

(AECID), the

United Nations Development Program The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

(UNDP) and the Government of Finland.

Geography

The small town of Apacilagua is situated by road to the northeast of the town of Choluteca, in the northern mid part of the province, not far from the border with the

. Apacilagua lies on the

along the RN85 road. The municipality covers an area of .

Villages and hamlets

The municipal area contains eight villages (aldeas) and 149 hamlets. The eight villages are: * Apacilagua (seat of municipality) * La Albarrada * La Garza * Los Limones * Los Mezcales * Monte Grande * San Felipe * Somuina

Economic Activities

89% of the economic activity comes from Agriculture, Cattle, Forestry, and Fishing. 1.7% comes from teaching, 1.6% from Wholesale, Retail, and Vehicle Repair. 3% from Manufacturing and Construction and 4.9% from other sources.

References

{{Choluteca Department Municipalities of the Choluteca Department