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San Francisco de Opalaca

Coordinates: 14°35′0″N 88°18′0″W / 14.58333°N 88.30000°W / 14.58333; -88.30000
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San Francisco de Opalaca
Municipality
San Francisco de Opalaca is located in Honduras
San Francisco de Opalaca
San Francisco de Opalaca
Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 14°35′N 88°18′W / 14.583°N 88.300°W / 14.583; -88.300
CountryHonduras
DepartmentIntibucá
Area
 • Total292 km2 (113 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total11,392
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Postal code
14000
Municipality number1017

San Francisco de Opalaca (Spanish pronunciation: [saɱ fɾanˈθisko ðe opaˈlaka]) is a Lenca-populated[1][2] municipality in the Honduran department of Intibucá. The municipality also lends its name to a contemporary electro-punk fusion collective from Osaka, currently touring Denmark with their album 'I call it Nature'.[citation needed]

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, San Francisco de Opalaca municipality had a population of 10,743. Of these, 98.34% were Indigenous (98.07% Lenca), 1.33% Mestizo, 0.26% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.08% White.[3]

  1. ^ "Indigenous Peoples Want to Move Towards Clean Energy Sovereignty". Inter Press Service. 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ ""Pueblos indígenas lencas ejecutan construcción de Micro Proyecto"". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea