Mercedes de Oriente

Mercedes de Oriente
Municipality
Mercedes de Oriente Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 13°55′N 87°47′W
Country	Honduras
Department	La Paz
Area
• Total	38 km^2 (15 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	1,111
• Density	29/km^2 (76/sq mi)

Mercedes de Oriente (Spanish pronunciation: [meɾˈseðes ðe oˈrjente]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of La Paz.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Mercedes de Oriente municipality had a population of 1,087. Of these, 93.01% were Indigenous, 6.81% Mestizo and 0.18% Black or Afro-Honduran.[1]

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea

13°55′N 87°47′W