Dulce Nombre de Culmí
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Dulce Nombre de Culmí is a municipality
in the east of the Honduran
department of Olancho, south east of San Esteban
and north east of Catacamas
. The Ríos
Wuampú and Culmí pass through this municipality.
This area of Olancho host one of the seven native tribes living in Honduras, The Pech or "Payas". The Pech are an "indigenous people in northeastern Honduras, whose population, as of early 2005, had been reduced to 3,800. The Pech language is a member of the Chibchan family of languages, and, although it is still spoken by older people, it is in danger of extinction in the relatively near future. Despite modern influences they still preserve their simple way of living and traditions.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the east of the Honduran
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
department of Olancho, south east of San Esteban
San Esteban, Olancho
San Esteban is a municipality in the north east of the Honduran department of Olancho, west of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, east of Gualaco and north of Catacamas....
and north east of Catacamas
Catacamas
Catacamas, Honduras is the largest municipality in Central America in terms of area.Catacamas, the "Florida City" as called by the great poet and writer Olanchano Froylán Turcios, extends over a vast plain irrigated by the Rio Guayape in the heart of the luxuriant department of Olancho.Easily...
. The Ríos
Rivers of Honduras
Rivers in Honduras is a list of the rivers in Honduras, including those it shares with neighbours. The most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flows 400 kilometers to the Caribbean through the economically important Valle de Sula. Numerous other rivers drain the interior highlands and...
Wuampú and Culmí pass through this municipality.
This area of Olancho host one of the seven native tribes living in Honduras, The Pech or "Payas". The Pech are an "indigenous people in northeastern Honduras, whose population, as of early 2005, had been reduced to 3,800. The Pech language is a member of the Chibchan family of languages, and, although it is still spoken by older people, it is in danger of extinction in the relatively near future. Despite modern influences they still preserve their simple way of living and traditions.