Marcala is a town, with a population of 14,360 (2020 calculation), and a
municipality in the
Honduran department
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Government and military
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of
La Paz
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. The region is known for its coffee production, boasting the first "protected origin denomination" for coffee. Marcala has been designated as a center of Lenca Trail, a government and United Nations sponsored development effort to encourage tourism to Lenca communities. It offers visitors perspective on the culture of indigenous people and provides new markets for their traditional crafts.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Marcala municipality had a population of 28,614. Of these, 63.47% were
Mestizo
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, 34.33%
Indigenous (34.20%
Lenca), 1.71%
White, 0.44%
Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.06% others.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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References
Municipalities of the La Paz Department (Honduras)
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