Cololaca is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in the Honduran

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Lempira. Cololaca is one of the municipalities of the

Lempira department Lempira is one of the 18 departments in Honduras. located in the western part of the country, it is bordered by the departments of Ocotepeque and Copán to the west, Intibucá to the east, and Santa Bárbara to the north. To its south lies th ...

. It is located more than 200 km away from

Gracias Gracias () is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department. The municipality has a population of 57,182 and the town a population of 16,680 (2020 calculation). It is located in the moun ...

. There is also an alternate way to go there, and that is taking a deviation in San Marcos de Ocotepeque. Taking this unpaved road takes about 30 minutes to Cololaca. The Government is currently working on paving the road from San Marcos de Ocotepeque to Cololaca.

History

It started in a private property, that belonged to an old community, back in 1628. According to tales of elderly inhabitants, it became legal as a municipality in 1835, from

Guarita Guarita is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. It is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. The best way to go to Guarita is via Santa Rosa de Copán-San Marcos de Ocotepeque- Cololaca-Guarita and it ta ...

district.

Geography

The forests around Cololaca are Dry Sub Tropical forest, because they reflect the lack of water, but during the rainy season everything becomes green. It has very high and steep hills. And also many places ideal for cattle.

Boundaries

Its boundaries are: *North : San Marcos de Caiquin municipality *South :

municipality *East : San Sebastián and

municipalities *West :

Ocotepeque Ocotepeque is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. The town of Nueva Ocotepeque is the municipal seat and the capital of the department. The department borders two countries, Guatemala and El Salvador and covers 1,630&n ...

department and

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*Surface Extents: 221 km²

Resources

The elevation and soil do not allow coffee plantations, but the processes of peeling, drying and toasting of coffee grains are done. Corn and bean crops are very important. But also vegetable are sown for local distribution. Cattle, milk and milk products are common in Cololaca. Since it is near San Marcos de Ocotepeque, the commerce activities are very fluid, and is the main provider for Cololaca.

Population

The typical cross-breed of native Indians and Spanish settlers is seen in Cololaca. *Population: The figure was 5,531, in 2001. An estimate was based on this, in order to have the figure of 6,498 people for 2008. *Villages: 5 *Settlements: 113

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Cololaca municipality had a population of 8,532. Of these, 98.12% were

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, 1.07%

Indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention * Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band * Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehor ...

(0.90%

Lenca The Lenca or Lepawiran "people of the jaguar" are from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They once spoke many Dialects such as Chilanga, Putun, Kotik etc. Although there were different dialects, they un ...

), 0.42% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.39%

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

Cololaca has the typical distribution of colonial architecture. There is electricity and coverage for mobile phones. There are no recommendable hostels in Cololaca, but San Marcos de Ocotepeque is near with very good accommodations and venues for entertainment. *Local Holidays: "Dia de la Candelaria" on February 2.

Gallery

Image:Cololaca,Lempira 6.JPG, Toasting Coffee Grains Image:Cololaca,Lempira.JPG, APanoramic View of Town Image:Cololaca,Lempira 4.JPG, Calle de Cololaca

References

Municipalities of the Lempira Department {{Honduras-geo-stub