Official Name: | Yoro |
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: | Yoro |
Subdivision Type2: | Villages |
Subdivision Name2: | 19 |
Area Total Km2: | 2264 |
Population As Of: | 2023 projection |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Population Total: | 103481 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 34134 |
Timezone: | Central America |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 15.1333°N -95°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
Yoro, with a population of 27,460 (2023 calculation),[2] is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong storms make fish fall from[3] the sky.[4] [5]
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro municipality had a population of 86,665. Of these, 86.52% were Mestizo, 10.65% Indigenous (10.05% Tolupan, 0.41% Lenca), 1.98% White, 0.80% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.05% others.[6]