Official Name: | Juan Francisco Bulnes |
Pushpin Map: | Honduras |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Honduras |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Honduras |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Gracias a Dios |
Subdivision Type2: | Villages |
Subdivision Name2: | 7 |
Area Total Km2: | 734.96 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Population Total: | 6407 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central America |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 15.9642°N -84.9514°W |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Juan Francisco Bulnes (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios.
The total population of the municipality was 6,407 in 2015. The rivers Abajo and Platano along with the lagoon of Ibans form the major water systems of the municipality. Almost all the localities are located next to these water systems with Ibans being the biggest. The only health centre of the municipality is located in Ibans.
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Juan Francisco Bulnes municipality had a population of 6,392. Of these, 44.53% were Mestizo, 44.36% Indigenous (43.04% Miskito), 10.59% Afro-Honduran or Black, 0.33% White and 0.20% others.[1]