Santa Fe, Ocotepeque Explained

Official Name:Santa Fe
Pushpin Map:Honduras
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Ocotepeque
Subdivision Type2:Villages
Subdivision Name2:8
Area Total Km2:64.7
Population As Of:2015
Settlement Type:Municipality
Population Total:5006
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:14.5167°N -103°W
Elevation M:819

Santa Fe is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. As of 2015, its population was of 5,006.

History

The village was founded in 1860 by people from the nearby town (4.5 km east) of Concepción. It was originally named El Tablón del Guayabo (The Board of Guayabo), due to the abundance of trees of this fruit, then changed its name to the current one.

In 1887 population statistics Santa Fe was ranked as one of the municipalities forming the Ocotepeque Department.[1]

Geography

Located 11 km southeast of the border with Guatemala (at Agua Caliente), and 19 km north of the one with El Salvador (at Citalá), Santa Fe is a hilltown close to the banks of Lempa River. It is 12 km from Ocotepeque, the department capital, and 19 from the Guatemalan town of Esquipulas.

The municipality is divided into 8 parts: the town of Santa Fe and 7 other villages (Aldeas). The villages are Agua Caliente, El Mojanal, La Quesera, Los Encinos, Piedras Bonitas, Piñuelas and Sulnete.[2]

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Santa Fe municipality had a population of 4,851. Of these, 97.40% were Mestizo, 0.80% Indigenous, 0.33% Black or Afro-Honduran, 0.16% White and 1.30% others.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Carmen Fiallos: Los Municipios de Honduras - 1989
  2. Postal code list of Honduras: Santa Fe Municipality, Ocotepeque
  3. https://www.ine.gob.hn/V3/baseine/ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea