Yoro is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends. The departmental capital is Yoro. The department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people. It is famous for the Lluvia de Peces, a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains.
Ramón Amaya Amador was a Honduran author known for his radical left-wing politics.
Club Deportivo Social Sol is a Honduran football team based in Olanchito, Yoro.
Club Deportivo Real Juventud is a Honduran football club based in Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara.
Estadio San Jorge is a multi-use stadium in Olanchito, Honduras. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Social Sol. The stadium holds 3,000 people.
The 1986–87 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 21st edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after winning the final round and qualified to the 1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up Real C.D. España.
Alex René Andino Benavídez is a Honduran footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Atletico Limeño in the Honduran second division.
José Alberto Mendoza Posas, known as José Mendoza, is a Honduran footballer who play as goalkeeper for Lobos UPNFM.
E.A.C.I. was a Honduran football club, based in Olanchito, Honduras.
The 2012–13 Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras season was the 34th edition of the Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras, the second division of football in Honduras. For this season, promotion was changed from a two-legged home-and-away match to a one-legged match in a neutral ground. Parrillas One was the promoted team to the 2013–14 Honduran Liga Nacional after defeating Juticalpa F.C. in penalties in Estadio Carlos Miranda in Comayagua.
C.D. Aguán was a football club in Olanchito, Honduras.
Purificación Zelaya (1866–1940) was a Honduran military officer, landlord and politician, hailing from Olanchito. During his youth years, Zelaya studied at the Military School of Tegucigalpa. In the Honduran army he rose to the rank of general. A powerful man in Olanchito and the Yoro Department, Zelaya also served governor and Member of Parliament.
Francisco J. Mejía was a Honduran politician.
Estrella del Norte was a secondary school in Olanchito, Honduras. Estrella del Norte was set up by Presbyter Modesto Chacón, under the administration of mayor Purificación Zelaya in 1902. It was the first secondary school in the town. However, the school was shut down after two years of existence.
The 2013–14 Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras season was the 35th edition of the Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras, the second division of football in Honduras. Since last season, promotion was changed from a two-legged home-and-away match to a one-legged match in a neutral ground. The tournament is set to begin August 11, 2013.
Nery Francisco Soto Torres was a Honduran journalist who was murdered on August 14, 2014, at the age of 32. He was the seventh Honduran journalist to die violently in 2014.
El Arrayán Airport is an airport serving the city of Olanchito in Yoro Department, Honduras.
CARDVA is a Honduran football club based in the town of Coyoles Central, near Olanchito.
Coyoles Central is a village in the municipality of Olanchito in Honduras. It is located in the department of Yoro, in the central part of Honduras, 160 km north of the capital Tegucigalpa. Coyoles Central initially served as a company town for workers of Standard Fruit Company, and was one of the principle settings in the book Prisión Verde, by Ramón Amaya Amador.
