Mercedes, Honduras

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Mercedes
Municipality
Mercedes
Coordinates: 14°19′N 88°59′W
Country	Honduras
Department	Ocotepeque
Villages	10
Area
• Total	96.08 km2 (37.10 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	7,355
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)

Mercedes (Spanish pronunciation: [meɾˈseðes]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Mercedes municipality had a population of 7,226. Of these, 99.32% were Mestizo, 0.30% Indigenous, 0.30% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.06% White.