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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 department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km 2 Lluvia de Peces (rain of fishes), a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains.
Municipalities [ edit ]
Arenal
El Negrito
El Progreso
Jocón
Morazán
Olanchito
Santa Rita
Sulaco
Victoria
Yorito
Yoro
Demographics [ edit ]
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro Department had a population of 570,595. Of these, 88.12% were Mestizo , 7.26% White , 3.79% Indigenous (2.92% Tolupan , 0.39% Chʼortiʼ , 0.28% Lenca , 0.09% Nahua ), 0.71% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.12% others.[4]
Economy [ edit ]
The department, historically, is known for harvesting mahogany and cedar trees for exportation. The area also had a cattle industry.[5]
A number of football players are from the department.
^ Yoro was one of the first 7 departments in which the national territory was divided in the first political division of Honduras in 1825.
References [ edit ]
^ "Consulta Base de datos INE en línea: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2013" [Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (in Spanish). El Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-13 .
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
^ Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
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