Country Honduras Website Official website Population 7,089 (2015) | Department Lempira Area 150 km² | |
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Municipality since 26 October 1926; 90 years ago (1926-10-26) | ||
Santa Cruz ([ˈsanta ˈkɾus]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.
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It is one of the most hidden municipalities of the Lempira department. It is 70 km away from the city of Gracias, forced to pass by San Juan del Caite in Intibuca.
History
Its former name was "Guaticaitique", after that it was "Santa Cruz de Guasabosque". In the census of 1887 it was a village of Erandique. On 26 October 1926 it was granted the title of municipality in the administration of president Miguel Paz Barahona.
Geography
As in the rest of the department, one cannot miss the high, steep mountains on their way to the municipality capital. Also on the road there are a couple of quarries, they provide material for the maintenance of the road. Rocks of different colours and hardness' may be seen. It has a great amount of forestal resources, but all around the municipality capital less trees are seen, this is making the weather a little hotter than it used to be. Pine forests are the most prevalent but there is also a good amount of "Liquidambar" forest. These last change the colour of their leaves according to the season of the year.
Boundaries
Its boundaries are:
Population
In Santa Cruz, the direct descendants of the indigenous peoples make up 85% of the population. The remainder are of mixed ancestry.
Tourism
The deviation for this municipality capital is not easy to see, it is approximately 20 km away from San Juan del Caite, right across a football field. From the deviation to the capital the road is not in the best conditions. There is not much to see in the municipality capital. Perhaps for people who like to visit old colonial buildings, its church is a forced stop. Without doubt, the best feature of this municipality is its Liquidambar forest because their leaves change colours, depending on the season of the year. Also it can be interesting to see the descendants of the Indians, since they still keep a lot of features of their ancestors.