Yoro, with a population of 25,560 (2020 calculation), is the capital city of the
Yoro Department
Yoro is one of the 18 departments 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 ...
of
Honduras
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and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as
Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong storms make fish fall from the sky.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro municipality had a population of 86,665. Of these, 86.52% were
Mestizo
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, 10.65%
Indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
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*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
(10.05%
Tolupan
The Tolupan or Jicaque people are an indigenous ethnic group of Honduras, primarily inhabiting the northwest coast of Honduras , 0.41%
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 under ...
), 1.98%
White
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, 0.80%
Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.05% others.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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References
Municipalities of the Yoro Department
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