El Níspero facts for kids

Quick facts for kids El Níspero
Municipality
El Níspero Location in Honduras
Country	Honduras
Department	Santa Bárbara
Villages	9
Area
• Total	78.5 km2 (30.3 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	8,416
• Density	107.21/km2 (277.67/sq mi)

El Níspero is a small town and a municipality in the country of Honduras. It is located in the department of Santa Bárbara. A municipality is like a local government area, similar to a county or district. It helps manage the towns and villages within its borders.

Where is El Níspero?

El Níspero is found in the western part of Honduras. It is part of the Santa Bárbara Department. The area of the municipality is about 78.5 square kilometers. This is roughly the size of a small city.

What is a Municipality?

In Honduras, a municipality is a very important local government unit. It includes a main town, which is often called the municipal seat, and several smaller villages around it. The municipality of El Níspero is led by a mayor. As of 2015, the mayor was Pablo Antonio Leiva. The mayor and local government work to provide services for the people living there.

Villages in El Níspero

The municipality of El Níspero includes its main town, also called El Níspero, and several other villages. These villages are smaller communities that are part of the larger municipality. They all work together under the local government.

Here are the villages that make up the El Níspero municipality:

• El Níspero (the main town)
• Santa Cruz
• El Campo
• Nejapa
• El Paraíso
• El Tontolo
• Nueva York
• El Robledal
• San Jerónimo

Who Lives in El Níspero?

According to a census taken in 2013, about 8,109 people lived in the El Níspero municipality. A census is like a big count of all the people in an area.

Most of the people living in El Níspero are called Mestizo. This means they have a mix of European and Indigenous (native) backgrounds. A smaller number of people are identified as White. There are also some people who are Indigenous or Black or Afro-Honduran. This mix of people makes the community diverse and interesting.

See also

In Spanish: El Níspero para niños