Official Name: | Florida |
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: | Copán |
Area Total Km2: | 342 |
Population As Of: | 2020 projection |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 30158 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 7630 |
Coordinates: | 15.0333°N -138°W |
Florida (pronounced as /es/) is a town, with a population of 6,384 (2013 census),[2] and a municipality in the western Honduran department of Copán.
Its products include tobacco, corn and cattle.
The feria patronal, or fair in honor of the town's patron saint, is towards the end of April when one may enjoy aubades, carreras de cintas, climbing greased poles, the coronation of the queen of the fair, rodeos, sack races, and so forth.