Valle de Ángeles explained

Official Name:Valle de Ángeles
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Honduras
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Francisco Morazán
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Valle de Ángeles
Government Type:Democratic Municipality
Established Title:Municipality since
Pushpin Map:Honduras
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Honduras
Area Total Km2:107
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:17652
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw
Coordinates:14.15°N -89°W

Valle de Ángeles is a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morazán.

The local holiday is October 4, San Francisco Day.

Location

The town is bordered on the north by the municipality of Central District, on the south by the municipality of San Antonio de Oriente, east by the municipalities of Morocelí and Villa de San Francisco and west by the municipality of Santa Lucía.[1] It is located about 22 km northeast of the capital city, Tegucigalpa in the valley of the same name, between the mountains of Los Lagos, El Carrizal, Palo Hueco and Chinacla.

Economy and tourism

The town is a popular tourist attraction for the colonial architecture, ethnic crafts and scenery, plus nearby ecotourism. Crafts include wood carvings, pottery, and contemporary art.

The road is completely paved from Tegucigalpa. A few kilometers away there is an important forest reserve called Parque Nacional "La Tigra". La Tigra is a cloud forest rich in biodiversity and there are hiking trails. Much of the fresh water for Tegucigalpa is from this forest.

Historical data

In the 1791 population count was part of the parish of Santa Lucia, under the name of the Cimarron or the pigsty On April 1, 1862, Fray Juan de Jesus Zepeda gave it its current name, and in 1865 it was designated as a Municipality (municipio).[2]

The region was an important mining town in the history of Honduras, with enclaves such as Las Animas and El Socorro, which produced gold, silver, copper, tin, lead and zinc.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ordenamientoterritorial.hn/images/creacion_municipios/francisco_morazan/valle_de_angeles.pdf{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Datos de organización territorial de Honduras
  2. Fiallos, Carmen. 1989. "Los Municipios de Honduras".