Danlí is a city 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 Honduras. It is currently the fourth most populated municipality in Honduras, located approximately 92 kilometers southeast of

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...

, 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 El Paraíso known for its production of

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s and corn (

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). The city is situated at an altitude of 814 meters (2,673 feet) above sea level and has a population of 75,420 (2020 calculation) The population of the municipality (2018) is 214,566 people which is composed of 105,929 men and 108,637 women. With a population in the urban area of 85,075 people and in the rural area of 129,491 people.

Nature

The official flower is the '' napoleón'', a type of

bougainvillea ''Bougainvillea'' ( , ) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae. It is native to eastern South America, found from Brazil, west to Peru, and south to southern Argentina. ...

. The official tree is the '' jiñicuado'' (

bursera simaruba ''Bursera simaruba'', commonly known as gumbo-limbo, copperwood, chaca, West Indian birch, naked Indian, and turpentine tree, is a tree species in the family Burseraceae, native to the Neotropics, from South Florida to Mexico and the Caribbean ...

), which is considered to be so easy to grow that a stake driven into the ground will take root. The official mammal is the

howler monkey Howler monkeys (genus ''Alouatta'', monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (''Brachyteles''), the spider monkeys (''Ateles' ...

, an endangered species that inhabits the broad-leaf forests of the Apagüíz and Apapuerta mountains. The region also has pine forests. In general, pine forests are on the north-facing slopes while the broad-leaf forests are on south-facing slopes. Other fauna around Danlí include deer and several species of birds, such as the oropendula,

parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoid ...

and

mynah The myna (; also spelled mynah) is a bird of the starling family (Sturnidae). This is a group of passerine birds which are native to southern Asia, especially India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Several species have been introduced to areas like ...

. Residents of rural areas near Danlí have reported

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and

quetzal Quetzals () are strikingly colored birds in the trogon family. They are found in forests, especially in humid highlands, with the five species from the genus ''Pharomachrus'' being exclusively Neotropical, while a single species, the eared quet ...

sightings. Bosque_de_pino

A landmark is the mountain of Apagüíz, which has a prominent stone outcropping near the summit and is visible from the southern parts of the city.

Danli Prison

According to the documentary presented by Paul Connolly, as opening episode of the series

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, Danli prison already hosted more than twice the inmates it was intended to hold in 2016. The notorious ''Centro Penal de Danlí'' even allows its inmates to enforce their own rules. Prisons in Honduras are in general desperately overcrowded – in September 2019 reports disclosed that they operated at 204% of their capacity. Besides that more than half of the detainees are still waiting for their court hearing. Besides that

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is underfinanced to an extent that escapes, drug abuse and corruption are common and even riots and target killings often cannot be prevented, as

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accounts.

Roman Catholic Suffragan Diocese

Since 2017, the city is the episcopal see of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí The Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Honduras) of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, with see at Danlí, El Paraíso, D ...

, a

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diocese in the

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of the Metropolitan

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is the only metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan see in Honduras, whose ecclesiastical province covers the whole country.

Notable People from Danlí, El Paraíso

* Alba Consuelo Flores, Secretary of Health of the Republic of Honduras

References

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