La Unión is a municipality in the Honduran
department
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Government and military
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of
Lempira.
It is one of the smallest municipalities of the
Lempira department
Lempira is one of the 18 departments in Honduras. located in the western part of the country, it is bordered by the departments of Ocotepeque and Copán to the west, Intibucá to the east, and Santa Bárbara to the north. To its south lies the ...
; travel to La Unión is a challenge. One way is to go 75 km from
Gracias city on the common road for
La Iguala
La Iguala () is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.
La Iguala is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. The municipality capital is also known as "La Iguala Centro". The access to this town is quite a ch ...
and
San Rafael, about 3 km before San Rafael is a left turn. An additional 13 km must be travelled. Another way is via Santa Bárbara-El Nispero-San Jerónimo-San Rafael-La Unión; the first 3 locations are in
Santa Bárbara department.
History
Formerly La Unión was a village called "Pueblo Nuevo", in the jurisdiction of "El Conal" (currently San Rafael). The municipality was created on 3 May 1916.
Geography
La Unión is located in a plateau-like surface, guarded by dense, green mountains. Despite the apparent elevation from sea level, sub-tropical forests are present and the weather is tropical.
Boundaries
Its boundaries are:
* North : Santa Bárbara department.
* South :
San Rafael and
La Iguala
La Iguala () is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.
La Iguala is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. The municipality capital is also known as "La Iguala Centro". The access to this town is quite a ch ...
municipalities.
* East : Santa Bárbara department.
* West :
La Iguala
La Iguala () is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.
La Iguala is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. The municipality capital is also known as "La Iguala Centro". The access to this town is quite a ch ...
municipality.
* Surface Extents: 84 km²
Resources
This is a very prosperous town, due to coffee in both ways of plantations and gathering. The plantations are located in "Fincas" on the surrounding high mountains and the gathering in the town. Crops of Corn and Beans are indispensable. The cattle and milk products are for local consumption. There is Abundant Life Christian School, a
bilingual
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school in La Unión, as well as public elementaries. Electrity and mobile communications services have been recently introduced to the region since 2006. There are several small grocery stores called
Pulpería
Pulpería was the name given to company stores and dining facilities in parts of South America, notably in the industries that extracted sodium nitrate from caliche deposits between 1850 and 1930 in Northern Chile in the current regions of Tarapa ...
. The transportation services assign more buses to Santa Bárbara than to
Gracias.
Population
The majority of people is a cross-breed of Native Americans and Spanish settlers, but in recent years there has been an increase in the population of foreigners.
*Population: In 2001 La Unión had 9,800 people. According to estimates; for 2008 it's expected to have 12,759.
*Villages: 6
*Settlements: 43
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, La Unión municipality had a population of 12,526. Of these, 98.46% were
Mestizo
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, 0.85%
Indigenous, 0.46%
White, 0.19%
Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.03% others.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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Tourism
La Unión is certainly an amazing place to visit, it is worth all the effort to get there because the mountains around it are imposing, dense and green. It has some streets paved with rocks and a viewer, from where the visitor can enjoy a nice landscape of the whole town. There are several places with internet access.
*Local Holidays: "Divina Pastora" day; 4 March.
References
External links
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Municipalities of the Lempira Department