Las Flores is 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 Lempira. Las Flores is one of the 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 ...

. It is located from

Gracias Gracias () is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department. The municipality has a population of 57,182 and the town a population of 16,680 (2020 calculation). It is located in the moun ...

on the paved road that leads to

Santa Rosa de Copán Santa Rosa de Copán () is a municipality in Honduras. The city of Santa Rosa de Copán is the municipal seat and the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is located approximately above mean sea level. Santa Rosa de ...

. The town is away from the paved road.

History

The very first settlers were from La Paz department. It was first called "Las Flores de Santa Bárbara", honoring the image of the saint of that place. It was granted the category of municipality on 1 January 1869.

Geography

This municipality is in a valley, near to a river. The vegetation corresponds to dry sub-tropical forests. The weather is hot since it is in a valley. There are some hills around it but they are not so high or steep.

Boundaries

Its boundaries are: * North :

Lepaera Lepaera is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. It has tropical climate all year round. Lepaera is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. It is also the departmental capital of the municipality. The dista ...

municipality . * South :

municipality. * East :

municipality . * West : Talgua municipality and

Copán Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. This ancient Maya city mirrors the beauty of the physical landscape in which it flourished—a fert ...

department. *Surface Extents: 78 km²

Resources

The most important economical activity is commerce due to its location near to

city and

city. On both sides of the road are several restaurants, stores, and car workshops. Cattle and Milk products are for local consumption. Another popular activity is to collect gravel, sand and construction materials from the two nearby rivers. Most of this material is required by

city. Recently, the material has been used in the highway extension between Gracias, Lempira, and La Esperanza, Intibucá. Most of the people that live in the town only make their school in there. After that most of the people move to the nearest city, Santa Rosa de Copan, where education is more efficient. Because of the peace that the inhabitants experience it is very normal for them to gather at the central park or on streets very late at night.

Population

In this case 90% of the people are cross-breed of native Indians and Spanish settlers. *Population: the figure for 2001 was 7,509. And for 2015 it's estimated at 9,838. *Villages: 10 *Settlements: 40

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Las Flores municipality had a population of 9,512. Of these, 97.43% were

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, 1.45%

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, 0.83%

Indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

, 0.27% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.01% others.Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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Tourism

A 1 hour visit to the downtown of Las Flores will do to get to know it. There are several places to go swimming because of the rivers. There are a couple of places with internet access. *Local Holidays: "Santa Barbara" day; December 4. *Fair: September 6–30

References

External links

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