Wampusirpi () is a
municipality
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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
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of
Gracias a Dios.
The municipality has 26 different localities with the largest being Wampusirpi, which is also the municipal head.
Geographic Location
The municipality is located west of the capital city of
Puerto Lempira
Puerto Lempira or Auhya Yari is the Miskito capital of the Gracias a Dios department in northeastern Honduras, located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon. Though it does not have paved roads, it is the largest town in the La Mosquitia regio ...
, sharing borders with
Ahuas to the north,
Gualaco
Gualaco is a municipality in the north of the Honduran department of Olancho, west of San Esteban, north of Santa Maria del Real and east of Guata.
Gualaco is served by Jicalapa Airport, a grass airstrip southeast of town.
Demographics
At t ...
to the west and sharing an international border with
Nicaragua
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to the south.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Wampusirpi municipality had a population of 5,746. Of these, 86.43% were
Indigenous (71.49%
Miskito Miskito may refer to:
* Miskito people, ethnic group in Honduras and Nicaragua
** Miskito Sambu, branch of Miskito people with African admixture
** Tawira Miskito, branch of Miskito people of largely indigenous origin
* Miskito language, original la ...
, 14.91%
Mayangna
The Mayangna (also known as Sumu or Sumo) are a people who live on the eastern coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras, an area commonly known as the Mosquito Coast. Their preferred autonym is Mayangna, as the name "Sumo" is a derogatory name historically ...
), 12.63%
Mestizo
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, 0.42%
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...
, 0.19%
Afro-Honduran or Black and 0.32% others.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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Development Situation
The municipality has very low development indicators. Accessibility to the municipality is very limited. Flying from other municipalities of the department or connection via river route, via the River Patuca, are the only ways to access the municipality. Within the municipality, different localities can only be accessed by river. Terrain roads only exist in the largest locality of Wampusirpi. Electricity is still not available and diesel generators are used by seldom few privileged.
Health
The municipality has a Maternal and Infant clinic in the main locality of Wampusirpi and a health centre in another important locality of Krausirpi. Malaria is rampant in the municipality along with other infectious diseases.
References
Municipalities of the Gracias a Dios Department
Road-inaccessible communities of North America
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