Arizona () is a town, with a population of 5,779 (2013 census), and a
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
Atlántida.
The villages of Cangelica, Chiquito, El Cedro, El Coco, El Retiro, Hicaque, Jilamo, Las Palmas, Los Bolos, Matarras, Mezapa, Mojiman, Oropendolas, Planes de Hicaque, Quebradas de Arena, Santa Maria, Uluasito and Zapote are located in Arizona.
History
On 29 October 2022, the municipality decided in an open council against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant, as well as against concessions for
model cities
The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The concept was presented by labor leader Walter Reuther to President Johnson in an off-the-record White House meeting on May 20, 1965. I ...
and mining projects in the region.
References
External links
MUNICIPIO DE ARIZONA- SECRETARÍA DE GOBERNACIÓN Y JUSTICIA
Municipalities of the Atlántida Department
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