Las Lajas is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua.
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LAS LAJAS, COMAYAGUA HONDURAS C.A In 1964 he was given the title of village of Las Lajas, initially near what is now Las Lajas, was settled by families named FLORES PONCE BUESO, ROMERO, from the villages of Candelaria and the Oak Grove Municipal Ojos de Agua, then this population is wide, with the arrival of sawmills with families Bonilla, Orellana, Enamorado, who come from different parts of the country.
CREATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAS LAJAS The village of the slabs in the decade from 70 to 80 reaches a demographic and economic development is very remarkable, so much so that I get to overcome in various ways to the county seat, bringing in a higher frequency of red tape, tax and legal that community with the attendant difficulties. Initially it was said that slabs do not meet all the legal requirements for becoming a municipality. On 1 September 1986 (regular meeting date) in which such determination would take municipal councilors and village neighbors fearing for the consequences of that determination and jealous of their interests, as was rumored addition of a total transfer county seat to the slabs, were taken to the municipal building facilities Ojos de Agua, where members were meeting housing complexes, which to get out of that confinement had to sign their waiver of the charges they performed. This situation was exploited by the forces of the slabs to lead the fight for the creation of the municipality. On 2 September the same year he organized the creation of the township committee for the flagstone. Lajas municipality becomes the government of Eng duurante Jose Simon Azcona, under Decree No 1015-86 of 24 November 1986, this being the township No 20 of the department of Comayagua Las Lajas, in addition to the north has the highest parts constituting the urban area of the municipality where offices are public, private, church, schools, civil and military authorities and so on. With its high and low mountain ridges has called hills, the tallest is located northwest of Las Lajas, about 5 km away is called the Indian with a height of 2000 meters above sea level, in which contour communities have raised Valle Nuevo, La Providencia, El Indio, Alto Pino and others.
WEATHER Las Lajas biestacional has a temperate climate with a dry season which covers roughly the period from January to May and the rest of the year is rainy, heavy rain was observed between July and October in a shower is becoming almost permanent mixed with cold winds from the north make the new year in a season quite cold, with mist-capped hills completely impeding foraging for coffee, but make the place holder of an extremely pleasant climate.
HYDROGRAPHY The rivers play an important role in the development of peoples because they are major routes of communication when they have reached maturity, but we see that in the main town and several villages that make up the municipality only have small rivers, due to the mountainous nature the territory of the slabs, the rivers are not flowing or big, for this and for the low volume of water into the dry season, villagers prefer to call them broken, and some completely lose their flow during this period. So the town is crossed by the Quebrada Seca Quebrada de Daniel, also parallel to this cross the Quebrada Galana, that when entering the town some call Quebrada Mangos.
URBANIZATION Las Lajas began to fill the middle of this century due to livestock grazing activities in the summer then by the need for land for agricultural activities. The nature and legal status of the lands in this region correspond to national and ejido properties during this period and had no control over them by government authorities. The first inhabitants were taking over large tracts of land and building the first homes, Rafael Flores said that the families were named Flores, Ulloa, Ponce, Buezo and Romero, founding the first quarter known as El Porvenir, thus arise first fence and the first properties of the slabs, without thinking that in the future would become a thriving community. Today the Lajas has a messy and uneven urban development in the layout of its streets. The village comprises four neighborhoods with very particular characteristics and interests that sometimes has led to some contradictions to such a degree that come even to establish great rivalries, these neighborhoods are scattered and transmitted by a single street.
The Neighborhood Center is located along a single street with more than one kilometer in length approximately at the municipal offices are located, school, the main Catholic church, civil and military authorities, parks, shopping centers, grocery stores, hotels, gas station etc. El Barrio El Porvenir, this neighborhood is just north of downtown, is served by a wide street, with churches, primary schools, petrol station, bus station etc. To the south of the downtown district, is located Suyapa neighborhood, joined the San Francisco, the San Miguel and the track, which also have their own water service, school, health center, and the Institute of secondary schools and businesses Abarroteria. In the northwestern part of the district the center is developing a neighborhood called El Carmen, who spends his time as its population increases. Finally to the west lies the New Valley, which like the other is located along a street, with the same basic services that have the other neighborhoods.