Ahuas
Ahuas | |
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Municipality | |
  Ahuas Location in Honduras | |
| Coordinates: 15°29′N 84°20′W / 15.483°N 84.333°W | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Department | Gracias a Dios |
| Villages | 6 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,800.63 km2 (695.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 8,387 |
| • Density | 4.658/km2 (12.06/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central America) |
Ahuas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈawas]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios.
It is served by Ahuas Airport.
Demographics
[edit]At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Ahuas municipality had a population of 8,095. Of these, 94.46% were Indigenous (94.05% Miskito), 4.77% Mestizo, 0.42% Afro-Honduran or Black, 0.19% White and 0.16% others.
By 2018, the municipality had a population of 8,852 inhabitants, composed of 4,312 men and 4,540 women. Of the total population, 5,716 people lived in urban areas, while 3,136 resided in rural areas.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (2018). INE Honduras (ed.). "Ahuas, Gracias a Dios: Indicadores Municipales 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish).
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
Capital: Puerto Lempira | ||
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15°29′N 84°20′W / 15.483°N 84.333°W
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