Valle de Ángeles is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Honduran department of
Francisco Morazán
José Francisco Morazán Quesada (; born October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842) was a Central American politician who served as president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1830 to 1839. Before he was president of Central America h ...
.
The local holiday is October 4, San Francisco Day.
Location
The town is bordered on the north by the municipality of
Central District, on the south by the municipality of
San Antonio de Oriente, east by the municipalities of
Morocelí
Morocelí () is a municipality in the Honduran department of El Paraíso.
The town houses a cigar factory operated by Nestor Plasencia Nestor Plasencia Sr. (born circa 1950) is a tobacco grower and cigar maker of Cuban descent whose factories ...
and
Villa de San Francisco and west by the municipality of
Santa Lucía.
[http://www.ordenamientoterritorial.hn/images/creacion_municipios/francisco_morazan/valle_de_angeles.pdf Datos de organización territorial de Honduras] It is located about 22 km northeast of the capital city,
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
in the valley of the same name, between the mountains of Los Lagos, El Carrizal, Palo Hueco and Chinacla.
Economy and tourism
The town is a popular tourist attraction for the colonial architecture, ethnic crafts and scenery, plus nearby ecotourism. Crafts include wood carvings, pottery, and contemporary art.
The road is completely paved from Tegucigalpa. A few kilometers away there is an important forest reserve called Parque Nacional "La Tigra". La Tigra is a
cloud forest rich in biodiversity and there are hiking trails. Much of the fresh water for Tegucigalpa is from this forest.
Historical data
In the 1791 population count was part of the parish of Santa Lucia, under the name of the Cimarron or the pigsty On April 1, 1862, Fray Juan de Jesus Zepeda gave it its current name, and in 1865 it was designated as a Municipality (municipio).
[Fiallos, Carmen. 1989. "Los Municipios de Honduras".]
The region was an important mining town in the history of Honduras, with enclaves such as Las Animas and El Socorro, which produced gold, silver, copper, tin, lead and zinc.
External links
Interactive Map of Valle de Angeles
References
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Municipalities of the Francisco Morazán Department