Guata facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Guata
Municipality
Guata Location in Honduras
Country	Honduras
Department	Olancho
Villages	6
Area
• Total	680.03 km2 (262.56 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	12,084
• Density	17.7698/km2 (46.0236/sq mi)

Guata is a town and a local government area, called a municipality, in Honduras. It is located in the northwest part of the Olancho region. You can find it west of Gualaco, north of Manto, and east of Jano and Esquipulas del Norte.

Who Lives in Guata?

This section talks about the people living in Guata. It is based on information from the 2013 Honduras census.

Population Count

In 2013, the municipality of Guata had a total population of 11,784 people. This number helps us understand how many people call Guata home.

Different Backgrounds

The people in Guata come from various backgrounds. Most of the residents, about 93.75%, are Mestizo. This means they have mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.

Other groups include:

• About 2.87% of the population is identified as White.
• Around 2.21% are Indigenous people. Within this group, about 2.03% are from the Nahua community.
• A smaller group, 0.26%, are Black or Afro-Honduran.
• The remaining 0.91% belong to other groups.