Gualala, Honduras

15°01′N 88°14′W / 15.017°N 88.233°W / 15.017; -88.233Country HondurasDepartmentSanta BárbaraVillages8Area • Total72.4 km² (28.0 sq mi)Population • Total5,305 • Density73/km² (190/sq mi)

Gualala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Santa Bárbara.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Gualala municipality had a population of 5,191. Of these, 64.99% were Mestizo, 32.76% White, 1.79% Indigenous (1.70% Lenca), 0.44% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.02% others.^[1]

Notable people

• Miguel Andonie Fernández (1921–2013), chemist
• Jesús Aguilar Paz (1895–1974), chemist, cartographer and folklorist

References

15°01′N 88°014′W / 15.017°N 88.233°W / 15.017; -88.233