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Municipality
Macuelizo Location in Honduras
Country	Honduras
Department	Santa Bárbara
Villages	38
Area
• Total	250.45 km² (96.70 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	35,500
• Density	141.74/km² (367.1/sq mi)
Climate	Aw

Macuelizo (pronounced mak-weh-LEE-so) is a special area in Honduras. It is a type of local government area called a municipality. You can find Macuelizo in the Santa Bárbara region of Honduras.

This area is located just a few kilometers north of a major road. This road, called CA-4, connects the city of San Pedro Sula to the border of El Salvador. It passes through another town called Santa Rosa de Copán.

People of Macuelizo

In 2013, a count of the people in Honduras, called a census, took place. At that time, about 34,401 people lived in the Macuelizo municipality.

Most of the people living there, about 83%, are Mestizo. This means they have a mix of European and Indigenous backgrounds. About 12% of the people are identified as White.

A smaller group, about 2%, are Black or Afro-Honduran. About 1% are Indigenous, meaning they are descendants of the original inhabitants of the Americas. The remaining people belong to other groups.

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