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Yoro
Municipality
Yoro is located in Honduras
Yoro
Yoro
Location in Honduras
Country Honduras
Department Yoro
Villages 19
Area
 • Municipality 2,264 km2 (874 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 projection)
 • Municipality 103,481
 • Density 45.707/km2 (118.381/sq mi)
 • Urban
34,134
Time zone UTC-6 (Central America)
Climate Aw

Yoro, with a population of 27,460 (2023 calculation), is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong storms make fish fall from the sky.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro municipality had a population of 86,665. Of these, 86.52% were Mestizo, 10.65% Indigenous (10.05% Tolupan, 0.41% Lenca), 1.98% White, 0.80% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.05% others.

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