Country Honduras Area 32 km² | Department Lempira | |
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Mapulaca is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.
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Map of Mapulaca, Honduras
It is one of the smallest municipalities in the south of Lempira department. It is hard to get there and the traveller can take any road, however, the suggested option is via Santa Rosa de Copán-San Marcos de Ocotepeque-Cololaca-Valladolid-La Virtud-Mapulaca. On the other hand, if the traveller is coming from La Esperanza, Intibuca obviously the road to take is via Santa Cruz-San Andrés-Candelaria-Either way it takes about 5 or 6 hours to get there. There is a well known point on the border, "El Puente Colgante" (The Hanging Bridge), which leads to Sonsonate municipality in El Salvador. Also there is a new bridge called "Puente La Intregracion."
History
Founded on 30 October 1692. In the census of 1791, it was part of "Curato de Cerquin". It has real state titles granted by the "Convent" of Gracias on 10 March 1817. Subscribed by his majesty King Felipe IV. In 1889 it was a municipality of Candelaria district.
Geography
It is located approximately at 300 mts above sea level, and after coming down "Congolón" mountain. It is surrounded by some high hills and by dry sub tropical forests, and it applies for the rest of the municipality. It also has some flat lands for sowing and more recently for people settlement.
Boundaries
Its boundaries are:
Population
The majority of the population is Mestizo.
Tourism
Due to its geography and location, Mapulaca is only a place to pass by. The "Puente Colgante" is the place of the border to go to El Salvador. It is necessary to cross the hanging bridge to make it to Chalatenango municupality in El Salvador. This bridge is an adventure itself, it was built by a Swiss man also known as "Toni El Suizo", who built more hanging bridges after hurricane Mitch back in 1998. The "Lempa" river is a good place for swimming, but its currents are very strong and dangerous, so extreme care is advised. There are several tributary rivers to Lempa river, which are also nice places to cool off. There is only one hostel in Mapulaca with the only one "restaurant", which is quite small.