Nacaome, with a population of 19,990 (2020 calculation), is the capital city of the

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of Honduras and the municipal seat of Nacaome Municipality. It is a manufacturing and commercial center located on the banks of the Nacaome River. Nacaome is an old city founded when aboriginal Cholulas and

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s, tired of fighting each other, thought it best to join together to build new houses in the middle of their territory on the west side of the Chapulapa River (the aboriginal name of the Nacaome River). They named the new tow
''Naca-Ome''
meaning "union of two races" in their dialects. In Nahuatl ''Naca'' means race or body and ''Ome'' means two. This foundation happened before the Spanish conquerors came. Nacaome was affected by

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in October 2005.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Nacaome municipality had a population of 57,345. Of these, 96.20% were Mestizo, 3.22%

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, 0.47% Black or Afro-Honduran, 0.08%

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and 0.03% others.Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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References

Sources

*Banegas, Ramon. "Historia de Nacaome". Banco Central de Honduras. Agosto 1996. Municipalities of the Valle Department {{Honduras-geo-stub