Yoro Department

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Yoro
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Location of Yoro in Honduras
Data
Capital Yoro
population 503,886 (calculation 2005)
surface 7939 km²
Population density 63 people / km²
structure 11
Other cities El Progreso , Olanchito
Rivers Rio Aguán
ISO 3166-2 HN-YO

Yoro is one of the 18 departments in Honduras in Central America .

The capital of the department is the city of the same name, Yoro.

The department was founded on June 28, 1825 as one of the original administrative units after the independence of Honduras. It received its current form between 1881 and 1894 when parts of Yoro were split up into the newly founded departments of Colón and Cortés .

The main economic factors in Yoro are the cultivation of coffee, bananas and livestock.

Municipios

Yoro, in turn, is divided into eleven Municipios :

  1. Arenal
  2. El Negrito
  3. El Progreso
  4. Jocón
  5. Morazan
  6. Olanchito
  7. Santa Rita
  8. Sulaco
  9. Victoria
  10. Yorito
  11. Yoro

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Coordinates: 15 ° 12 ′  N , 87 ° 0 ′  W