Yoro Department

Yoro is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends. The departmental capital is Yoro. The department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people. It is famous for the Lluvia de Peces (rain of fishes), a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains.

Municipalities

1. Arenal
2. El Negrito
3. El Progreso
4. Jocón
5. Morazán
6. Olanchito
7. Santa Rita
8. Sulaco
9. Victoria
10. Yorito
11. Yoro

Yoro football players

Name	Club	City	Age
Carlos Pavón	Real España	El Progreso	38
Milton Reyes	Motagua	Jocón	37
Sergio Mendoza	Motagua	Yoro	29
Johnny Leveron	Motagua	Yoro	20
Alfredo Mejía	Real España	El Negrito	21
Ever Alvarado	Real España	El Negrito	19
Juan C. Acevedo	Real España	El Progreso	23
Johnny Rivera	Real España	El Progreso	19
Leonardo Isaula	Necaxa	Yoro	34
Anthony Lozano	Alcoyano	Yoro	18