El Negrito () is a town, with a population of 12,790 (2020 calculation), and a
municipality
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in the
department of
Yoro
Yoro, with a population of 25,560 (2020 calculation), is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong ...
,
Honduras.
Villages
El Negrito has a total of 29 villages:
* El Negrito
* Battán
* Aldea Paujiles Norte
* Campo Perdeíz
* Cerro Prieto No.1
* Cerro Prieto No.2
* El Jocomico
* El Junco
* El Naranjo
* El Pate
* El Robledal
* El Rodeo
* Estero Indio
* Finca Treinta and Cinco
* Finca Treinta and Seis
* Guaymón No.1
* La Laguna
* La Majada
* La Veinte and Nueve
* La Veinte and Ocho
* Las Delicias
* Nueva San Antonio
* Samar
* San Jerónimo
* San José del Negrito
* Toyos
* Villa del Carmen and Treinta and Siete
* Guangolola 1
* Guangolola 2
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, El Negrito municipality had a population of 45,363. Of these, 95.35% were
Mestizo, 3.33%
White
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, 1.03%
Indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
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(0.50%
Tolupan
The Tolupan or Jicaque people are an indigenous ethnic group of Honduras, primarily inhabiting the northwest coast of Honduras , 0.19%
Lenca
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, 0.15%
Chʼortiʼ, 0.11%
Nahua
The Nahuas () are a group of the indigenous people of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. They comprise the largest indigenous group in Mexico and second largest in El Salvador. The Mexica (Aztecs) were of Nahua ethnicity, a ...
), 0.24%
Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.05% others.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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References
Municipalities of the Yoro Department
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