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 of
Lempira.
Cololaca is one of the municipalities of the
Lempira department. 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 61,421 and the town a population of 18,550 (2023 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 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 :
Guarita municipality
*East :
San Sebastián
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and
Guarita 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&nb ...
department and
El Salvador
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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
Mestizo
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, 1.07%
Indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
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(0.90%
Lenca
The Lenca,are an Indigenous people from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They historically spoke various dialects of the Lencan languages such as Chilanga, Putun (Potón), and Kotik, but today are nat ...
), 0.42%
Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.39%
White
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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
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