Country Honduras Area 179 km² Local time Monday 7:04 AM | Department Lempira Population 14,124 (2015) | |
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Weather 23°C, Wind N at 18 km/h, 51% Humidity | ||
Piraera is one of the municipalities of Lempira department in Honduras. It is located on one of the branches of "Congolón" mountain, it is 105 km away from the city of Gracias.
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Map of Piraera, Honduras
History
Its first inhabitants came from San Antonio, Santa Lucia and Magdalena in Intibuca department. In the population record of 1702 there were some people booked. In the census of 1791, it is a town part of "Curato" de Cerquin and in 1889 it was a municipality of Candelaria. It is supposed that Lempira, the national hero, received the power from "Etempic" chief when the Spanish arrived, lived in this municipality.
Geography
Since it is located on the mountains, the main forests are Pines and Oaks. Its elevation above sea level is the proper one for coffee plantations. Its mountains and hills are very high and steep. It has several water spring running down the steep hills. One curiosity is a huge rock monolith on the way to the departmental capital, which proves the volcanic origins of the rocks in this municupality and the rest of the department.
Boundaries
Its boundaries are:
Tourism
The traveler must go through Santa Cruz, San Andrés and Gualcince municipalities. The deviation to Piraera is 85 km from Gracias, to the left, or at any time the locals can help to find the correct way. This dirt road is repaired constantly along the year. The visitor must be careful during the rainy season due to landslides along the way. It has little to offer to visitors, it has the typical colonial distribution. Perhaps the most interesting activity is to hike some hills, which have amazing views of the volcanos of El Salvador, Intibuca department etc. Also there is an exotic waterfall on the way, good for cooling off after the long trip.