Yocón is a
municipality in the west of 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
Olancho, north of
Guayape, south of
Mangulile
Mangulile is a municipality in the north west of the Honduran department of Olancho, north of Yocón, south west of Manto and south east of Salamá.
Agriculture is the base of almost all commerce. Corn, beans, and coffee are the main cash crops ...
and west of
El Rosario
''El rosario'' is a 1944 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Juan José Ortega. The film is based on a novel by Florence L. Barclay. It stars Andrea Palma
Andrea Palma (b. Trapani, 1644 or 1664 – d. 1730) was an 18th-century Italian arc ...
.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yocón municipality had a population of 11,812. Of these, 99.24% were
Mestizo
(; ; fem. ) is a term used for racial classification to refer to a person of mixed Ethnic groups in Europe, European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous American ancestry. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also r ...
, 0.45%
Indigenous, 0.20%
Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.11%
White.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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References
Municipalities of the Olancho Department
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