Honduras Municipalities

The municipality (municipio) is the second tier of Honduras, between the 18 departments and the villages, and the unit that names almost every town on a road sign. There are 298 of them, from the tiny ones of the western highlands to the vast ones of the Mosquitia.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: Department: the 18 of the country
In the game: 298 municipalities

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What you are looking at

The municipalities of Honduras. The name is usually the town at its centre, and many carry a saint or a qualifier to tell them apart: San Francisco de Yojoa, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Concepción del Norte, Concepción del Sur.

Twenty-four names belong to more than one municipality, in different departments: San José, Santa Rita, San Antonio, La Libertad, Concepción and El Paraíso among them. They are told apart in brackets by their department.

The municipalities are very uneven. The western highlands pack dozens into the space of one eastern municipality, and the smallest, Lejamani in Comayagua, covers about 24 square kilometres, so the smallest have a tap area wider than their outline and zooming in is the way to reach the rest. In the east the opposite holds: Catacamas in Olancho and Puerto Lempira and Brus Laguna in the Mosquitia are each bigger than whole departments elsewhere.

The capital is the Central District (Distrito Central), a single municipality that holds Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela. The groups are the departments, so the game lets you drill them one at a time. Each department answers under the same name in Honduras Departments.

How to place one

Pick one department and learn it. The Bay Islands have only four and are the quickest to finish; Francisco Morazán and Lempira have 28 each and are the longest.
Start where you begin. A first run opens on Francisco Morazán, the capital and its 27 neighbours, before the rest of the country.
Follow the highways. The roads from Tegucigalpa to San Pedro Sula and to the Pacific pass through the municipalities a road sign names.
Treat the Mosquitia as the empty half. Its six municipalities are large and few, so they are the quickest to place.

Every municipality, by department

Olancho23 municipalities: Campamento, Catacamas, Concordia, Dulce Nombre de Culmi, El Rosario (Olancho), Esquipulas del Norte, Gualaco, Guarizama, Guata, Guayape, Jano, Juticalpa, La Union (Olancho), Mangulile, Manto, Patuca, Salama, San Esteban, San Francisco de Becerra, San Francisco de La Paz, Santa Maria del Real, Silca, Yocon
Lempira28 municipalities: Belen, Candelaria, Cololaca, Erandique, Gracias, Gualcince, Guarita, La Campa, La Iguala, La Union (Lempira), La Virtud, Las Flores, Lepaera, Mapulaca, Piraera, San Andres, San Francisco (Lempira), San Juan Guarita, San Manuel Colohete, San Marcos de Caiquin, San Rafael, San Sebastian (Lempira), Santa Cruz, Talgua, Tambla, Tomala, Valladolid, Virginia
Santa Bárbara28 municipalities: Arada, Atima, Azacualpa, Ceguaca, Chinda, Concepcion del Norte, Concepcion del Sur, El Nispero, Gualala, Ilama, Las Vegas, Macuelizo, Naranjito, Nueva Frontera, Nuevo Celilac, Petoa, Proteccion, Quimistan, San Francisco de Ojuera, San Jose de Colinas, San Luis (Santa Bárbara), San Marcos (Santa Bárbara), San Nicolas (Santa Bárbara), San Pedro Zacapa, San Vicente Centenario, Santa Barbara, Santa Rita (Santa Bárbara), Trinidad
Francisco Morazán28 municipalities: Alubaren, Cedros, Curaren, Distrito Central, El Porvenir (Francisco Morazán), Guaimaca, La Libertad (Francisco Morazán), La Venta, Lepaterique, Maraita, Marale, Nueva Armenia, Ojojona, Orica, Reitoca, Sabanagrande, San Antonio de Oriente, San Buenaventura, San Ignacio, San Juan de Flores, San Miguelito (Francisco Morazán), Santa Ana (Francisco Morazán), Santa Lucia (Francisco Morazán), Talanga, Tatumbla, Valle de Angeles, Vallecillo, Villa de San Francisco
Copán23 municipalities: Cabana, Concepción (Copán), Copan Ruinas, Corquin, Cucuyagua, Dolores (Copán), Dulce Nombre, El Paraiso (Copán), Florida, La Jigua, La Union (Copán), Nueva Arcadia, San Agustin, San Antonio (Copán), San Jeronimo (Copán), San Jose (Copán), San Juan de Opoa, San Nicolas (Copán), San Pedro, Santa Rita (Copán), Santa Rosa de Copan, Trinidad de Copan, Veracruz
Yoro11 municipalities: Arenal, El Negrito, El Progreso, Jocon, Morazan, Olanchito, Santa Rita (Yoro), Sulaco, Victoria, Yorito, Yoro
El Paraíso19 municipalities: Alauca, Danli, El Paraiso (El Paraíso), Guinope, Jacaleapa, Liure, Moroceli, Oropoli, Potrerillos (El Paraíso), San Antonio de Flores (El Paraíso), San Lucas, San Matias, Soledad, Teupasenti, Texiguat, Trojes, Vado Ancho, Yauyupe, Yuscaran
Comayagua21 municipalities: Ajuterique, Comayagua, El Rosario (Comayagua), Esquias, Humuya, La Libertad (Comayagua), La Trinidad, Lamani, Las Lajas, Lejamani, Meambar, Minas de Oro, Ojos de Agua, San Jerónimo (Comayagua), San Jose de Comayagua, San Jose del Potrero, San Luis (Comayagua), San Sebastian (Comayagua), Siguatepeque, Taulabe, Villa de San Antonio
Choluteca16 municipalities: Apacilagua, Choluteca, Concepcion de Maria, Duyure, El Corpus, El Triunfo, Marcovia, Morolica, Namasigue, Orocuina, Pespire, San Antonio de Flores (Choluteca), San Isidro (Choluteca), San Jose (Choluteca), San Marcos de Colon, Santa Ana de Yusguare
Intibucá17 municipalities: Camasca, Colomoncagua, Concepcion (Intibucá), Dolores (Intibucá), Intibuca, Jesus de Otoro, La Esperanza, Magdalena, Masaguara, San Antonio (Intibucá), San Francisco de Opalaca, San Isidro (Intibucá), San Juan (Intibucá), San Marcos de Sierra, San Miguelito (Intibucá), Santa Lucia (Intibucá), Yamaranguila
Cortés12 municipalities: Choloma, La Lima, Omoa, Pimienta, Potrerillos (Cortés), Puerto Cortes, San Antonio de Cortes, San Francisco de Yojoa, San Manuel, San Pedro Sula, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Villanueva
La Paz19 municipalities: Aguanqueterique, Cabanas, Cane, Chinacla, Guajiquiro, La Paz, Lauterique, Marcala, Mercedes de Oriente, Opatoro, San Antonio del Norte, San Jose (La Paz), San Juan (La Paz), San Pedro de Tutule, Santa Ana (La Paz), Santa Elena, Santa Maria, Santiago de Puringla, Yarula
Colón10 municipalities: Balfate, Bonito Oriental, Iriona, Limon, Saba, Santa Fe (Colón), Santa Rosa de Aguan, Sonaguera, Tocoa, Trujillo
Ocotepeque16 municipalities: Belen Gualcho, Concepcion (Ocotepeque), Dolores Merendon, Fraternidad, La Encarnacion, La Labor, Lucerna, Mercedes, Ocotepeque, San Fernando, San Francisco del Valle, San Jorge, San Marcos (Ocotepeque), Santa Fe (Ocotepeque), Sensenti, Sinuapa
Gracias a Dios6 municipalities: Ahuas, Brus Laguna, Juan Francisco Bulnes, Puerto Lempira, Ramón Villeda Morales, Wampusirpi
Valle9 municipalities: Alianza, Amapala, Aramecina, Caridad, Goascoran, Langue, Nacaome, San Francisco de Coray, San Lorenzo
Atlántida8 municipalities: Arizona, El Porvenir (Atlántida), Esparta, Jutiapa, La Ceiba, La Masica, San Francisco (Atlántida), Tela
Bay Islands4 municipalities: Guanaja, Jose Santos Guardiola, Roatan, Utila

Worked examples

Lejamani

The smallest of them

Lejamani is a municipality of Comayagua, and the smallest of the 298 by area. It is small enough to need a tap area on the map.

Catacamas

The biggest of them

Catacamas is the largest municipality in Honduras, in the east of Olancho. It runs from the farmland round the town into the forest of the Sierra de Agalta and beyond.

Distrito Central

The capital

The Central District holds Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela, which form one municipality. It is in the middle of Francisco Morazán, and it is the first place most people learn.