Morazán, Yoro

Morazán (Spanish pronunciation: [moɾaˈsan]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro. This town of 8,500 people is in the north, located between the city of Yoro and the municipality of El Negrito, north of the Nico Pijol National Park.

The town scores low on development indices within Honduras. Like many towns of the Spanish Empire Morazan was laid out in a grid, with a central plaza.

Historical data [edit]

It is known that in ancient times, people in the current header lived in a place that is far from it three kilometers away and called Toledo, soon the inhabitants of this moved to where the population is and gave it the name Cataguana and contained in the 1801 population count, as part of the Prefectures of Yoro and in the 1887 census and appears as municipio.

Municipality

The municipality is bordered on the north by the town of Tela, on the south by the city of Victoria, east to the town of Yoro and west by the municipality of El Negrito.

The municipality has the following 25 villages: Morazan, Agua Blanca, Buena Vista, Candelaria, Charity, Cuyamapa, Chililenga, El Porvenir Reef, Teabag, La Cruz, La Estancia, Lempira, Los Prietos or San Martin, Mango Seco, Mojimán, Nombre de Dios, New Hope, New Florida, Ocote Paulino, Paya, Portillo Gonzalez Rompidos Guayma or lilies, or Palmar San Antonio, San Juan and San Rafael Camalote of Aguacatales. and to forge and the largest lagoon

Yoro

Yoro is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras. 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.

References

Coordinates: 15°8′N 87°8′W / 15.133°N 87.133°W / 15.133; -87.133

Yoro (disambiguation)

Yoro could refer to the following terms:

Places

Other uses

Yoro Department

Yoro is one of the 18 departments into with the Central American nation of 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

Economy

The department, historically, is known for harvesting mahogany and cedar trees for exportation. The area also had a cattle industry.

Football players from Yoro

A number of football players are from the department.

References

Coordinates: 15°08′N 87°06′W / 15.133°N 87.100°W / 15.133; -87.100