Soledad, Honduras

Soledad
Municipality
Soledad Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 13°35′N 87°7′W
Country	Honduras
Department	El Paraíso
Municipality	Soledad
City Title	1826[1]
Area
• Total	169 km^2 (65 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	9,353
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)

Soledad (Spanish pronunciation: [soleˈðað]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of El Paraíso.

Economy

The main economic activities of Soledad are centered around agriculture and the production of luffa.[2] Soledad is of the principal growers of luffa in Honduras, which is locally known as paste.[3]

Population

Population of Soledad by census year[4]

	Men	Women	Total
1901	1,670	1,762	3,432
1910	1,575	1,689	3,264
1916	1,678	1,816	3,494
1926	1,959	2,121	4,080
1930	2,040	2,271	4,311
1935	2,233	2,207	4,400
1940	2,440	2,660	5,100
1945	2,598	2,807	5,405
1950	2,920	3,198	6,118
1961	3,487	3,633	7,120
1974	3,747	3,963	7,710
1988	4,429	4,478	8,907
2001	4,769	4,773	9,542
2013	4,756	4,594	9,350

Notable people from Soledad

• Chelato Uclés, Honduran football player and coach.[2]

References

1. SOLEDAD, EL PARAÍSO (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. August 2019. p. 1.
2. Castellanos, Carlos (2021-04-29). "La humilde y pequeña Soledad, la aldea de El Paraíso que vio nacer al maestro Chelato Uclés". www.diez.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
3. Aguilar Herrera, Fredis Mateo (20 March 2018). "El paste, un patrimonio económico y cultural desde Soledad para Honduras". archivos.latribuna.hn. La Tribuna (Honduras). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
4. SOLEDAD, EL PARAÍSO (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. August 2019. p. 1.

13°35′0″N 87°7′0″W