Patuca

Patuca
Municipality
Patuca
Coordinates: 14°19′N 85°58′W / 14.317°N 85.967°W / 14.317; -85.967Coordinates: 14°19′N 85°58′W / 14.317°N 85.967°W / 14.317; -85.967
Country  Honduras
Department Olancho
Area
  Total 635.10 km2 (245.21 sq mi)
Population (2015)
  Total 27,183
  Density 43/km2 (110/sq mi)

Patuca is a municipality in the south of the Honduran department of Olancho, east of Juticalpa and south of Catacamas.

It contains the Patuca River which is the second largest in Central America.[1]

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