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Valle de Ángeles
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| Country | Honduras |
| Department | Francisco Morazán |
| Municipality | Valle de Ángeles |
| Municipality | 1865 |
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| • Type | Democratic Municipality |
| Population (2001[1]) | |
| • Total | 10,469 |
Valle de Ángeles is a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morazán.
The local holiday is October 4th, San Francisco Day.
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The town is bordered on the north by the municipality of Central District, on the south by the municipality of San Antonio de Oriente, east by the municipalities of Morocelí and Villa de San Francisco and west by the municipality of Santa Lucía. [2] It is located about 22 km northwest of the capital city, Tegucigalpa in the valley of the same name, between the mountains of Los Lagos, El Carrizal, Palo Hueco and Chinacla.
The region was an important mining town in the history of Honduras, with enclaves such as Las Animas and El Socorro, which produced gold, silver, copper, tin, lead and zinc.
Tourist Attractions: Honduran cuisine, colonial architecture and farming, hiking trails, caving, ethnic crafts, contemporary art, ecotourism, Rainforest climate.
This town is visited by many tourists who enjoy the beautiful scenery and the road is completely paved from Tegucigalpa. A few kilometers there is an important forest reserve called Parque Nacional "La Tigra. La Tigra is a cloud forest rich in biodiversity, which supplies fresh water to 40% of people in the Honduran capital.
In Valle de Angeles you can enjoy the famous pupusas, "carne asada" (roasted meat) and delicious Honduran-style corn (corn with butter and cheese), but increasingly there are new restaurants to suit all tastes and palates.
Valle de Angeles is a fun excuse to enjoy a beautiful picnic day. The beautiful mountains that surround the town, will leave any visitor delighted.
In the 1791 population count was part of the parish of Santa Lucia, under the name of the Cimarron or the pigsty, the April 1, 1862 Fray Juan de Jesus Zepeda put the current name, in 1865 received the Municipality category. [3]
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