Official Name: | Arizona |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Honduras |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Honduras |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Honduras |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Atlántida |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Area Total Km2: | 531 |
Population As Of: | 2020 projection |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 25320 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 12558 |
Coordinates: | 15.6833°N -107°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
Arizona (pronounced as /es/) is a town, with a population of 5,779 (2013 census),[2] and a municipality in the Honduran department of Atlántida.
The villages of Cangelica, Chiquito, El Cedro, El Coco, El Retiro, Hicaque, Jilamo, Las Palmas, Los Bolos, Matarras, Mezapa, Mojiman, Oropendolas, Planes de Hicaque, Quebradas de Arena, Santa Maria, Uluasito and Zapote are located in Arizona.
On 29 October 2022, the municipality decided in an open council against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant, as well as against concessions for model cities and mining projects in the region.[3]