Gualaco is a municipality in the north of the Honduran department of Olancho, west of San Esteban, north of Santa Maria del Real and east of Guata.

Gualaco
Municipality
Gualaco is located in Honduras
Gualaco
Gualaco
Coordinates: 15°01′35″N 86°04′15″W / 15.02639°N 86.07083°W / 15.02639; -86.07083
Country Honduras
DepartmentOlancho
Villages10
Area
 • Total2,363.45 km2 (912.53 sq mi)
Elevation
650 m (2,140 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total22,327
 • Density9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
ClimateAw
Sources: Google Maps[1]

Gualaco is served by Jicalapa Airport, a grass airstrip 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of town.[2]

Demographics edit

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Gualaco municipality had a population of 21,863. Of these, 97.11% were Mestizo, 1.76% White, 0.56% Indigenous, 0.50% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.07% others.[3]

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