Ahuas
Appearance
Ahuas | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 15°29′N 84°20′W / 15.483°N 84.333°W | |
Country | Honduras |
Department | Gracias a Dios |
Villages | 6 |
Area | |
• Total | 1,800.63 km2 (695.23 sq mi) |
Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 8,387 |
• Density | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central America) |
Ahuas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈawas]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios.
It is served by Ahuas Airport.
Demographics
[edit]At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Ahuas municipality had a population of 8,095. Of these, 94.46% were Indigenous (94.05% Miskito), 4.77% Mestizo, 0.42% Afro-Honduran or Black, 0.19% White and 0.16% others.[1]