Macuelizo

Macuelizo
Municipality
Macuelizo Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 15°18′N 88°32′W
Country	Honduras
Department	Santa Bárbara
Villages	38
Area
• Total	250.45 km^2 (96.70 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	35,500
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
Climate	Aw

Macuelizo (Spanish pronunciation: [makweˈliso]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Santa Bárbara. It's located a few kilometers north of the CA-4 highway, which connects San Pedro Sula to the Salvadoran border via Santa Rosa de Copán.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Macuelizo municipality had a population of 34,401. Of these, 83.03% were Mestizo, 12.36% White, 2.26% Black or Afro-Honduran, 0.86% Indigenous and 1.49% others.[1]

References

1. "BASEINE". IME (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on Nov 14, 2022. Retrieved 2023-11-23.

15°018′N 88°032′W