San Miguel Guancapla

San Miguel Guancapla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsan miɣeˈlito]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Intibucá.

San Miguel Guancapla
Municipality
San Miguel Guancapla Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 14°21′N 88°22′W
Country	Honduras
Department	Intibucá
Area
• Total	161 km^2 (62 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	7,781
• Density	48/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Postal code	14000
Municipality number	1014

Historical Data

In the population count of 1791 there was a town with the name of Guancapla in the parish of Intibucá. It is thought that Guancapla was founded in 1589. The town was declared a municipality in 1870. When the department of Intibucá was created in 1883, Guancapla was one of the municipalities that formed the District of La Esperanza, with the name of San Miguel Guancapla. Recently for some time it was known as San Miguelito.[1]

While for a time the locality was called San Miguelito, Decree 166-84, promulgated by the Government of the Republic under the administration of Roberto Suazo Cordova on October 2, 1984, officially designated the name of the municipality as "San Miguel Guancapla". Guancapla means "En los Guacales", which refers to a tree that produces a round fruit of woody pericarp, often used for containers.

Geography

Located in a flat area, the municipality borders on the north with the municipalities of San Juan and Yamaranguila, to the south with the municipality of Dolores, to the east with the municipality of Yamaranguila and to the west with the municipality of Erandique.

Villages

The municipality has the following five villages (or aldeas):[2]

• San Miguelito or San Miguel Guancapla (capital of the municipality)
• Chupucay or Resina
• San Antonio
• Segua
• Cofradía

References

1. Fiallos, Carmen. 1989. "The Municipalities of Honduras".
2. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, Honduras. (Censo 2001)