Patuca
Municipality in Olancho, Honduras
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Patuca is a municipality in the south of the Honduran department of Olancho, east of Juticalpa and south of Catacamas.
Patuca | |
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Municipality | |
  Patuca | |
| Coordinates: 14°19′N 85°58′W | |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Department |  Olancho |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Juan Carlos Colindres Rosales |
| Area | |
• Total | 635.10 km2 (245.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 27,183 |
| • Density | 42.801/km2 (110.85/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 |
It contains the Patuca River, which is the second largest in Central America.[1]
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Patuca municipality had a population of 26,668. Of these, 98.27% were Mestizo, 0.92% White, 0.63% Indigenous, 0.12% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.06% others.[2]
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