Las Flores, Lempira
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Las Flores is a municipality
in the Honduran
department of Lempira.
Las Flores is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. It is located at 17 km from Gracias
on the paved road that leads to Santa Rosa de Copán
. The town is 200 meters away from the paved road.
department. It was first called "Las Flores de Santa Bárbara", honoring the image of the saint of that place. It was granted the category of municipality on 1 January 1869.
city and Santa Rosa de Copán
city. On both sides of the road are several restaurants, stores, and car workshops. Cattle and Milk products are for local consumption. Another popular activity is to collect gravel, sand and construction materials from the 2 nearby rivers . Most of this material is required by Gracias
city. Recently, the material has been used in the highway extension between Gracias, Lempira, and La Esperanza, Intibucá. Most of the people that live in the town only make their school in there. After that most of the people move to the nearest city, Santa Rosa de Copan, where education is more efficient. Because of the peace that the inhabitants experience it is very normal for them to gather at the central park or on streets very late at night.
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 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 Lempira.
Las Flores is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. It is located at 17 km from Gracias
Gracias
Gracias is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and has a population of approximately 25,000 people...
on the paved road that leads to Santa Rosa de Copán
Santa Rosa de Copán
Santa Rosa de Copán is the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is set at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level....
. The town is 200 meters away from the paved road.
History
The very first settlers were from La PazLa Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
department. It was first called "Las Flores de Santa Bárbara", honoring the image of the saint of that place. It was granted the category of municipality on 1 January 1869.
Geography
This municipality is in a valley, near to a river. The vegetation corresponds to dry sub-tropical forests. The weather is hot since it is in a valley. There are some hills around it but they are not so high or steep.Boundaries
Its boundaries are:- North : LepaeraLepaeraLepaera is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. It has tropical climate all year round.Lepaera is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. It is also the departmental capital of the municipality...
municipality . - South : GraciasGraciasGracias is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and has a population of approximately 25,000 people...
municipality. - East : GraciasGraciasGracias is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and has a population of approximately 25,000 people...
municipality . - West : TalguaTalguaTalgua is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.- History :Talgua was originally founded in the colonial period in the place called "Las Mercedes" village. Also it was known as a village where Lenca Indians dwelled, by Pedro de Alvarado and his troops...
municipality and CopánCopánCopán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It was the capital city of a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th centuries AD...
department.
- Surface Extents: 78 km²
Resources
The most important economical activity is commerce due to its location near to GraciasGracias
Gracias is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and has a population of approximately 25,000 people...
city and Santa Rosa de Copán
Santa Rosa de Copán
Santa Rosa de Copán is the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is set at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level....
city. On both sides of the road are several restaurants, stores, and car workshops. Cattle and Milk products are for local consumption. Another popular activity is to collect gravel, sand and construction materials from the 2 nearby rivers . Most of this material is required by Gracias
Gracias
Gracias is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and has a population of approximately 25,000 people...
city. Recently, the material has been used in the highway extension between Gracias, Lempira, and La Esperanza, Intibucá. Most of the people that live in the town only make their school in there. After that most of the people move to the nearest city, Santa Rosa de Copan, where education is more efficient. Because of the peace that the inhabitants experience it is very normal for them to gather at the central park or on streets very late at night.
Population
In this case 90 % of the people are cross-breed of native Indians and Spanish settlers.- Population: the figure for 2001 was 7,509. And for 2008 it's expected to have 9,089.
- Villages: 10
- Settlements: 40
Tourism
A 1 hour visit to the downtown of Las Flores will do to get to know it. There are several places to go swimming because of the rivers. There are a couple of places with internet access.- Local Holidays: "Santa Barbara" day; December 4.
- Fair: September 6–30