Guajiquiro

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Guajiquiro
Municipality
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Guajiquiro
Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 14°07′N87°50′W / 14.117°N 87.833°W / 14.117; -87.833
CountryHonduras
DepartmentLa Paz
Area
  Total275 km2 (106 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
  Total14,959
  Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)

Guajiquiro is a municipality in the Honduran department of La Paz.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Guajiquiro municipality had a population of 14,616. Of these, 83.68% were Indigenous (83.60% Lenca), 15.99% Mestizo, 0.16% White, 0.16% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.01% others. [1]

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Coordinates: 14°07′N87°50′W / 14.117°N 87.833°W / 14.117; -87.833