San Esteban, Olancho

San Esteban is a municipality in the northeast of the Honduran department of Olancho, west of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, east of Gualaco and north of Catacamas.[1] Costa Rican author Oscar Núñez Oliva set his 2000 novel Los Gallos de San Esteban in the municipality.[2][3]

San Esteban
Municipality
San Esteban
Coordinates: 15°12′45″N 85°46′10″W
Country Honduras
DepartmentOlancho
Villages22
Area
 • Total1,962.34 km2 (757.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total26,187
 • Density13/km2 (35/sq mi)
ClimateAm

History

The municipality was named in honor of friar Esteban Verdelete, a missionary who collaborated in the evangelism of the people of the region.

It was founded in 1808 by friar José Antonio Liendo y Goicoechea from Guatemala. It was populated by indigenous people at that time.[4]

Geography

The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Trujillo and Iriona, South by the municipality of Catacamas, East by the municipality of Dulce Nombre de Culmí and West by the municipality of Gualaco. It stretches from the top the Agalta valley and crossed by the Grande Agalta river.

Aldeas (villages)

The municipality has the following 22 villages:[5]

  • San Esteban
  • Agua Blanca
  • Carnizuelar
  • Conquire
  • Coronado
  • Corral Viejo
  • El Aguacate
  • El Ciruelo
  • El Limonal
  • El Ocote
  • El Quebrachal
  • El Tunal
  • La Concepción
  • Las Manzanas
  • Las Trojas
  • Moreno
  • Río Abajo
  • San Agustín Abajo
  • San Martín
  • Santa María
  • Santa María del Carbón
  • Toro Muerto

References
  1. Google Maps - San Esteban
  2. Óscar Núñez Olivas
  3. Una perspectiva sobre la realidad centroamericana en las novelas de Oscar Núñez Olivas: Una conversación
  4. Fiallos, Carmen (1991). Los Municipios de Honduras [The Municipalities of Honduras] (in Spanish) (Editorial Universitaria ed.). Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras.
  5. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, Honduras. (Censo 2001)
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