San Marcos, Santa Bárbara

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San Marcos
Municipality
San Marcos is located in Honduras
San Marcos
San Marcos
Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 15°18′N 88°25′W / 15.300°N 88.417°W / 15.300; -88.417
CountryHonduras
DepartmentSanta Bárbara
Villages20
Area
 • Municipality
220 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 projection)[1]
 • Municipality
16,258
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
 • Urban
6,178
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central America)
ClimateAw

San Marcos is a town, with a population of 5,660 (2013 census),[2] and a municipality in the Honduran department of Santa Bárbara. Since 2006 it has been known as the "La Capital de los Juegos Tradicionales de Honduras" (The Capital of Traditional Honduran Games")

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, San Marcos municipality had a population of 15,229. Of these, 88.36% were Mestizo, 10.97% White, 0.41% Black or Afro-Honduran, 0.23% Indigenous and 0.02% others.[3]

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Honduras
  2. ^ Citypopulation de. Population of all localities in the Department of Santa Bárbara with at least 200 inhabitants
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea

15°18′N 88°25′W / 15.300°N 88.417°W / 15.300; -88.417


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