Virginia, Lempira

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Virginia is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. Virginia is located in Lempira Honduras. Virginia borders with El Salvador. Many Virginians travel to el salvador to do their shopping, because the honduras cities are far away from Virginia.

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A panoramic view of the whole town
A panoramic view of the whole town

Virginia,is one of the smallest municipalities of the Lempira department. It is 15 km or 30 minutes away from Mapulaca. And the best way to get there is via Gracias; observing all the warnings mentioned in previous articles.

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[edit] History

It was founded back in 1830. In the national division of 1889 it was one municipality of Candelaria.

[edit] Geography

It is situated in a semi flat place and surrounded by many hills. The predominant vegetation corresponds to the sub tropical dry forest.In the municpality capital there are some inclined streets.

[edit] Boundaries

A common landscape of Virginia hills in summer time
A common landscape of Virginia hills in summer time

Its boundaries are:


  • Surface Extents: 36 km²


[edit] Resources

Since it is on the border with El Salvador, it is much easier for people to go there and establish commercial activities.Also there are more and better jobs on the other side of the border, with the advantage of recibing their wages in US dollars. Definitely it is not possible to have coffee plantations, therefore corn and beans crops became important, even though it is for local consumption; followed by cattle raising.AS in the rest of the department, it has electricity and mobile communication services.

[edit] Population

In Virginia the cross-breed represents 80 % of the population. The remaining portion is taken by the descendants of indians, who live in the surrounding villages.

  • Population: The amount of inhabitants was 2,734 and according to INE Honduras estimates, there will be 2,846 in 2008.
  • Villages: 5
  • Settlements: 35

[edit] Tourism

As for the remaining 15 km, despite this dirt raod is not in the best conditions, it is still a easy drive.A half hour visit will be enough to see all there is to see in the municipality capital. For those who are interested in rural and quite towns, this is a good place to drop by.A curious fact is that the mobile phone signal from El Salvador is stronger than the Honduran signal. Since it is near the "Lempa" river, the local pastime is going bathing there.The mood for the holidays and festival attracts many people.

  • Local Holidays: "Santa Lucia" day on december 13th.

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