Municipality of Arizona
Arizona is a municipality in the department of Atlántida.
The municipality of Arizona underwent successive changes until 1951, from a hamlet to a village. Its residents requested the creation of the municipality on February 14, 1990, under the administration of Rafael Leonardo Callejas.
General Information of Arizona
Origin of its name: geographical denomination, probably named after the state of Arizona in the United States of America.
- Territorial area: 568.77 km2
- Population: 21,179 inhabitants (2012)
- Date of creation: February 14, 1990
- Patronal festival: July 1-7
- Villages and hamlets: 26 villages and 45 hamlets
- Altitude: 8 meters above sea level
Principal economic activity
Cultivation of African palm, banana, citrus fruits, cocoa, basic grains, vegetables, and coffee; breeding of sheep and pigs; rabbit farming and poultry farming.
Infrastructure
- Health: 5 CESAR (Health Centers).
- Education: 8 community centers for pre-primary education, 7 centers for basic education, 5 centers for secondary education, 39 primary schools, and 14 kindergartens.
- Transportation: train, buses, cars, paved roads.
- Communication network: Internet, telegraph, mail.
- Public services: drinking water and electricity.
Location
It is located in the coastal plain of the Caribbean, in the basin of the Leán River, and is crossed by the main road that goes from Tela to La Ceiba.
limits
- North: Caribbean Sea
- South: Municipality of Yoro
- East: Municipality of Esparta
- West: Municipality of Tela
