Coyoles Central is a village in the municipality of Olanchito in Honduras.[2][3] It is located in the department of Yoro, in the central part of Honduras, 160 km north of the capital Tegucigalpa. Coyoles Central initially served as a company town for workers of Standard Fruit Company,[4] and was one of the principle settings in the book Prisión Verde [es],[5] by Ramón Amaya Amador.
Coyoles Central | |
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  Coyoles Central Location of Coyoles Central in Honduras | |
| Coordinates: 15°24′00″N 86°40′00″W / 15.40000°N 86.66667°W | |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Department | Yoro |
| Municipality | Olanchito |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic Municipality |
| • Mayor of Olanchito | José Tomás Ponce Posas (Libre)[1] |
| Elevation | 199 m (653 ft) |
| Population (2006-01-17) | |
| • Total | 1,144 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central America) |
Coyoles Central is 199 meters above sea level[2] and the population is 1144.[2] The terrain around Coyoles Central is varied.[a] The highest point nearby is 1253 meters above sea level, 6.6 km south of Coyoles Central.[b] Around Coyoles Central, the terrain is quite sparsely populated, with 22 inhabitants per square kilometer.[7] The closest major community is Olanchito, 13.4 km northeast of Coyoles Central. The surroundings around Coyoles Central are a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation.[8]
The region is characterized by a Savanna climate.[9] Average annual temperature is 22 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is 24 °C, and the coldest is November, with 20 °C.[10] Average annual precipitation is 1599 millimeters. The rainiest month is September, with an average 213 mm precipitation, and the driest is February, with an average 38 mm precipitation.[11]
| Climate data for Coyoles Central | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24 (75) |
26 (79) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
26 (79) |
24 (75) |
26 (79) |
27 (81) |
24 (75) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
26 (79) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16 (61) |
17 (63) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
19 (66) |
17 (63) |
17 (63) |
18 (64) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105 (4.1) |
38 (1.5) |
75 (3.0) |
42 (1.7) |
161 (6.3) |
192 (7.6) |
130 (5.1) |
213 (8.4) |
213 (8.4) |
195 (7.7) |
193 (7.6) |
42 (1.7) |
1,599 (63.0) |
| Source: [10] | |||||||||||||
Notable people edit
- Moisés Canelo distinguished himself when young by singing in the banana fields of Coyoles Central. This provided the initial basis for his career as a famous Honduran singer and songwriter.
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ AMHON: Asociación de Municipios de Honduras. "Alcaldes y Alcaldesas" [Mayors and Municipalities] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Coyoles Central". GeoNames. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Aldeas y Caserios de Olanchito". xplorhonduras. XplorHonduras.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Robertson, Amy E. (2 February 2016). "Olanchito". Moon Honduras & the Bay Islands. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 9781631214165.
- ^ Amaya Amador, Ramón (2010). Amaya Fúnez, Carlos Raúl (ed.). Prisión Verde (26 ed.). Comayagüela, Honduras: Editorial Ramón Amaya-Amador. ISBN 978-9992663387.
- ^ a b Jonathan de Ferranti; Christoph Hormann (23 May 2015). "Digital Elevation Data". Viewfinder Panoramas. Scotland. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/MODIS. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L.; McMahon, T.A. (11 October 2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2017.