Yoro Depairtment
Yoro is ane o the 18 depairtments intae which the Central American naition o Honduras is dividit. The depairtment conteens rich agricultural land, concentratit mainly on the valley o the Aguan River an the Sula Valley, on opposite ends. The depairtmental caipital is Yoro. The depairtment covers a total surface aurie o 7,939 km² an, in 2005, haed a estimatit population o 503,886 fowk. It is famous for the Lluvia de Peces (rain o fishes), a tradeetion bi which fish faw frae the sky durin vera hivy rains.
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eeditEconomy
eeditThe depairtment, historically, is kent for harvestin mahogany an cedar trees for exportation. The aurie haed a cattle industry an aw.[1]
References
eedit- ↑ Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 119.