Yoro Explained

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]

Demographics

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]

References

15.1333°N -95°W

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/honduras/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/honduras/cities/ Citypopulation.de
  3. Book: de, Chavagnac, X.. Histoire des manufactures françaises de porcelaine. 1906. 771135438.
  4. Web site: Campos . Orsy . Un pueblo en fiesta . Revista Hablemos . 19 September 2012 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207145617/http://www.elsalvador.com/hablemos/2004/110704/110704-5.htm . February 7, 2012 .
  5. News: Kirk Semple . Every Year, the Sky ‘Rains Fish.’ Explanations Vary. . . July 16, 2017 .
  6. https://www.ine.gob.hn/V3/baseine/ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea