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Ocotepeque | |
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Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 14°26′N89°11′W / 14.433°N 89.183°W | |
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Department | Ocotepeque |
Villages | 9 |
Founded | 1530 |
Area | |
• Municipality | 177 km2 (68 sq mi) |
Population (2020 projection) [1] | |
• Municipality | 26,391 |
• Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
• Urban | 16,575 |
Ocotepeque is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. The town of Nueva Ocotepeque is the municipal seat and the capital of the department.
The department borders two countries, Guatemala and El Salvador and covers 1,630 km2. It is mostly mountainous, and has a population of 111,474 (2006). Its main economic activities are agricultural, including coffee, corn, cabbage, sugar cane, and onions. Due to its favourable location just a few kilometres away from the border with El Salvador at El Poy, as well as the border with Guatemala at Agua Caliente, Ocotepeque has the economic benefit of being a tri-country centre of business. It also attracts residents of smaller neighbouring towns, who come to Ocotepeque to purchase things or to study.
Directly to the north are the municipalities of Sinuapa and Concepción; to the south is El Salvador; to the east is Sinuapa; and to the west is the municipality of Santa Fe. About three hours by bus to the north is the larger city of Santa Rosa de Copán. The closest airport in Honduras is located approximately 5–6 hours to the north in San Pedro Sula. Tegucigalpa, where Honduras' other major airport is located, is 10–12 hours away by bus. Ocotepeque is also located about 3 hours from San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, where another major airport is located.
The Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve is a nature preserve shared by Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Ocotepeque also boasts the Güisayote Biological Reserve, located about 35 minutes out of town. The city of Esquipulas, Guatemala is approximately 45 minutes from Ocotepeque and is home to one of the oldest churches in Central America, and what many consider to be the most sacred shrine in Central America. Ocotepeque has a few hotels, including the Hotel Internacional and Hotel Ocotepeque. Ocotepeque is accessible by several major bus lines from the major cities, including Sultana and Congolon. Many of these buses run a main route up the western border of the country, with San Pedro Sula and Ocotepeque as their first/last stops, and stop at many towns in between, including La Labor, La Union, Cucuyagua, Santa Rosa de Copán, and La Entrada.
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Ocotepeque municipality had a population of 23,096. Of these, 90.25% were Mestizo, 6.46% Indigenous (5.88% Chʼortiʼ), 3.00% White, 0.28% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.01% others. [2]
Ocotepeque has a great number of public school and has been selected as the best public education in the whole country. [3] Ocotepeque has a number of public schools as well as two private bilingual schools, Instituto San Francisco de Asís and My Little Red House Bilingual School . My Little Red House accept volunteers year and month-round to teach English as part of their English core program to develop and improve the education.
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