Petoa 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
department of
Santa Bárbara in Honduras. Covering approximately , it had a population of 12,135 individuals in 2013. The economy revolves around agriculture.
Geography
Petoa 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
department of
Santa Bárbara in northern Honduras.
Covering approximately , it borders the municipalities of
to the north,
Villanueva (Cortés) to the east,
San Marcos to the west and south.
It forms part of Honduras’s interior highland zone, a mix of rolling hills and mountain foothills typical of the western highland region. The municipality has a mean elevation of approximately above sea level, with varying terrain including low mountains, hills, and river valleys.
The region has a
tropical monsoon climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...
.
The soil is prone to erosion particularly along the river banks, where embankments have been constructed.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Petoa municipality had a population of 12,135. Of these, 83.87% were
Mestizo
( , ; fem. , literally 'mixed person') is a term primarily used to denote people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the former Spanish Empire. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturall ...
, 15.18%
White
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, 0.68%
Indigenous, 0.20%
Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.07% others. According to the INE projection, Petoa had a population of 13,121 in 2022, marking gradual growth since the 2013 census of 12,135. Population growth rate averaged around 1.92 % annually between 1950 and 2013.
Gender distribution was almost equal and nearly 86% of the population was rural.
Economy
The municipality supports basic commerce and agriculture. Transport infrastructure includes local roads connecting hamlets to main highways, with electricity and potable water systems in some areas. The town is located about from the
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport.
References
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Municipalities of the Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras