Patuca

Municipality in Olancho, Honduras
14°19′N 85°58′W / 14.317°N 85.967°W / 14.317; -85.967Country HondurasDepartmentOlanchoGovernment
 • MayorJuan Carlos Colindres RosalesArea
 • Total635.10 km2 (245.21 sq mi)Population
 (2015)
 • Total27,183 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-6

Patuca is a municipality in the south of the Honduran department of Olancho, east of Juticalpa and south of Catacamas.

It contains the Patuca River, which is the second largest in Central America.[1]

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Patuca municipality had a population of 26,668. Of these, 98.27% were Mestizo, 0.92% White, 0.63% Indigenous, 0.12% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.06% others.[2]


References

  1. ^ "Patuca River Campaign". Archived from the original on 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2005-10-30. Patuca River Campaign
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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