Municipality of Yuscaran
It is a municipality in the Department of El Paraíso, in the Republic of Honduras.
The first records of Yuscarán date back to the year 1730 when mining deposits were discovered in the area known as San José de Yuscarán. It became administratively dependent on the Alcaldía Mayor of Tegucigalpa, as shown by the first territorial division in 1825.
When the department of El Paraíso was created in 1869, Yuscarán became a municipality and the municipal seat. Although it was suppressed in 1872, it was restored in 1874. After being a mining center, it became a producer of aguardiente, generating significant profits for the state of Honduras.
General Information about Yuscarán
Origin of its name: It means «place of the house of flowers.»
- Territorial area: 348.90 km2
- Population: 17,172 inhabitants (2012)
- Date of creation: It became the departmental seat on May 28, 1869.
- Patron saint fair: December 7 to 13, feast day of the Immaculate Conception.
- Villages and hamlets: 18 villages and 75 hamlets.
- Altitude: 900 meters above sea level.
Main Economic Activity
Cultivation of sugarcane, coffee, basic grains, mango, and vegetables; breeding of cattle, horses, and pigs; poultry farming.
Location
Located at the foot of the Monserrat mountain.
Limits
- North: municipality of Morocelí;
- South: municipalities of Oropolí and Alauca;
- East: municipalities of Potrerillos, Jacaleapa, and San Matías;
- West: municipalities of Güinope and San Antonio de Oriente (Francisco Morazán).