| Official Name: | Santa Bárbara |
| Nickname: | Sta. Barbara |
| 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: | Santa Bárbara |
| Subdivision Type2: | Villages |
| Subdivision Name2: | 20 |
| Area Total Km2: | 301 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 projection |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Population Total: | 49747 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank1 Name: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info: | Am |
| Timezone: | Central America |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 14.9167°N -102°W |
Santa Bárbara, with a population of 30,690 (2023 calculation),[2] is the capital city of the Santa Bárbara Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Santa Bárbara Municipality.
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Santa Bárbara municipality had a population of 41,736. Of these, 72.45% were Mestizo, 22.00% White, 2.41% Indigenous (2.01% Lenca, 0.29% Chʼortiʼ), 1.50% Black or Afro-Honduran and 1.64% others.[3]
The Santa Bárbara Hospital is located in the North Quarter of the city. Since 1957 it has served people from both the Santa Bárbara Department and the department of Lempira.
Typical foods of the region are chilate, ticuco, atol of corn, chicken and pork tamales, yucca with chicharrón, torrejas, and horchata.
This city is known for crafts and the cultivation of coffee. The local economy depends mostly on these traditional activities.
The Santa Bárbara municipality has the following villages: