Municipality of Corquin
Corquín is a municipality in the department of Copán in Honduras.
Corquín, which means «Between Rivers» in the Toltec language, is named so due to its geographical location between the Julalgua and Aruco rivers.
Historical Data
The first settlers of Corquín were descendants of the Nahua or Toltec people who settled on the banks of the Jopopo River. They later established themselves on the banks of the Julalgua River and finally in the lands between the Julalgua River and the San Francisco ravine in the late 17th century. The current town is located in this latter site, which was a small village that was part of the curate of Sensenti according to the population census of 1791. Documents in its archives indicate that it was elevated to the status of municipality in 1824 under the administration of General Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga, the Central American federal president. The first municipal mayor was Victoriano Fuentes.
In the 1889 Political Division, Corquín was already a municipality of the Cucuyagua Circle. It is located in the angle formed by the departments of Ocotepeque and Gracias. On March 11, 1926, according to Decree No. 69, the National Congress elevated the population of Corquín in the Department of Copán to the status of a city.
Location
The municipality borders the municipalities of San Pedro and La Unión to the north, Sensenti and Belén Gualcho to the south, Gracias to the east, and Lucerna to the west.
- The climate in the municipality ranges from 12ºC in winter to 30ºC in summer.
Villages
- Corquín (municipal seat)
- Agua Caliente
- Boca del Monte
- Capucas
- El Carrizal
- Gualme
- Jimilile
- Las Casitas
- Potrerillos
Economic Activities
- The cultivation of coffee, which produces some of the best coffee in the western region of Honduras, as well as livestock farming and agriculture.
The economic history of the municipality includes the commercial and cooperative activities of the enterprising citizens of Corquín. In 1968, the «Cooperativa de ahorro, Corquín LTDA» was founded, followed by the «Cooperativa cafetalera El Esfuerzo LTDA» in 1969. The «Cooperativa Mixta Corquín Limitada» (COMIXCOL) faced economic problems that led to legal disputes. On the other hand, the «Cooperativa de Transporte Corquín LTDA» (COTRACOL), which provides intercity transportation between the departmental seat of Santa Rosa de Copán and the municipality, is an example of good administrative management.
