Yoro is one of the 18
departments
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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into which
Honduras is divided. The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends. The departmental capital is
Yoro. The department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people. It is famous for the
Lluvia de Peces (rain of fishes), a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains.
Municipalities
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Arenal
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El Negrito
El Negrito () is a town, with a population of 12,790 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras.
Villages
El Negrito has a total of 29 villages:
* El Negrito
* Battán
* Aldea Paujiles Norte
* Campo Perdeíz
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El Progreso
El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 119,260 (2020 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran department of Yoro.
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Sula is located west of the city. To the e ...
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Jocón
Jocón is a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Jocón municipality had a population of 9,591. Of these, 98.78% were Mestizo
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Morazán
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Olanchito
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Santa Rita Santa Rita may refer to:
* Rita of Cascia (1381–1457), Catholic saint
*Associação Atlética Santa Rita, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
*Santa Rita de Cássia FC, an Angolan football (soccer) club
Places Belize
* Santa Rita, Corozal, a Ma ...
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Sulaco
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Victoria
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Yorito
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Yoro
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro Department had a population of 570,595. Of these, 88.12% were
Mestizo
(; ; fem. ) is a term used for racial classification to refer to a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturally European even though thei ...
, 7.26%
White
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, 3.79%
Indigenous (2.92%
Tolupan, 0.39%
Chʼortiʼ, 0.28%
Lenca
The Lenca or Lepawiran "people of the jaguar" are from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They once spoke many Dialects such as Chilanga, Putun, Kotik etc. Although there were different dialects, they un ...
, 0.09%
Nahua), 0.71%
Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.12% others.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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Economy
The department, historically, is known for harvesting mahogany
Mahogany is a straight- grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus '' Swietenia'', indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012). ''A Natural History of Belize: Inside the Maya Forest''. Austin: Un ...
and cedar trees for exportation. The area also had a cattle
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ...
industry.
Football players from Yoro
A number of football players are from the department.
Notes
References
Departments of Honduras
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