| Native name | Departamento de Yoro |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 15°08′N 87°06′W |
| Country | Honduras |
| Capital | Yoro |
| Municipalities | 11 |
| Villages | 253 |
| Largest city | El Progreso |
| Founded | 28 June 1825[a] |
| Leader party | LibRe |
| Governor | Tomas Ponce (2022-2026) |
| Unit pref | Metric |
| Area total | 7787 km² |
| Population as of | 2015 |
| Population total | 587375 |
| Total | $1.7 billion (2023)[1] |
| Per capita | $2,400 (2023) |
| Total | $3.6 billion (2023) |
| Per capita | $5,000 (2023) |
| Time zone | CDT (UTC-6) |
| Postal code | 53101 |
| Iso code | HN-YO |
| HDI (2021) | 0.609[2] medium · 5th of 18 |
Yoro is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends. The departmental capital is Yoro. The department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km2 and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people. It is famous for the Lluvia de peces (rain of fishes), a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains.
Municipalities
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro Department had a population of 570,595. Of these, 88.12% were Mestizo, 7.26% White, 3.79% Indigenous (2.92% Tolupan, 0.39% Chʼortiʼ, 0.28% Lenca, 0.09% Nahua), 0.71% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.12% others.[3]
Economy
The department, historically, is known for harvesting mahogany and cedar trees for exportation. The area also had a cattle industry.[4]
Football players from Yoro
A number of football players are from the department.
Notes
- ^ Yoro was one of the first 7 departments in which the national territory was divided in the first political division of Honduras in 1825.
References
- ^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)". Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
- ^ Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 119.