Minas de Oro
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Minas de Oro is a municipality
in the Honduran
department of Comayagua.
Minas de Oro is located to the northeast of Comayagua
, 150 km to the northwest of Tegucigalpa
, the capital of Honduras
. It is surround by the mountains named Grande, El Cobre and El Peñón. To the north, the district of Victoria
; to the south, the San Luis
and Esquías
districts; to the east, the San Jose del Potero district and to the west, the La Libertad
district.
es that were common in the region, when workers and neighbours settled in the area. During one of his visits to this place, Juan Lindo
discovered a gold mine. For that reason it has continued to be called "Minas de Oro" (Gold Mines).
During Dr. Policarpo Bonillas's administration, citizenship began negotiating with the Círculo de Cabañas, an association that grouped the municipalities of Minas de Oro, Esquías
and San José del Potrero
. These negotiations led to the transfer of the head of such association to Minas de Oro in 1893, during general Domingo Vazquez's administration. In order to justify the transfer, the citizenship argued that the powerful increment of the footwear industry, the commercial relationship between Minas de Oro, Tegucigalpa
and the northern coast, and the growing cafe crops in the region were becoming Minas de Oro's main patrimonies, which at least in the first case it held true in the subsequent years.
because it was the only municipality where all the towns had access to a primary education.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Honduran
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
department of Comayagua.
Geography
Comayagua
Comayagua is a city in Honduras, some 80 km northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula at an elevation of 594 meters above sea level. In 2003 the estimated population was 60,000 people. It is the capital of the Comayagua department of Honduras. The city is noted for its wealth...
, 150 km to the northwest of Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
, the capital of Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
. It is surround by the mountains named Grande, El Cobre and El Peñón. To the north, the district of Victoria
Victoria, Yoro
Victoria is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....
; to the south, the San Luis
San Luis, Comayagua
San Luis is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua....
and Esquías
Esquías
Esquías is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua....
districts; to the east, the San Jose del Potero district and to the west, the La Libertad
La Libertad
La Libertad can refer to:;Ecuador*La Libertad, Guayas*La Libertad Canton;El Salvador*La Libertad, La Libertad*La Libertad Department;Honduras*La Libertad, Comayagua*La Libertad, Francisco Morazán;Guatemala*La Libertad, El Petén...
district.
Historical information
Minas de Oro was founded as a consequence of the gold rushGold rush
A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers to an area that has had a dramatic discovery of gold. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, and the United States, while smaller gold rushes took place elsewhere.In the 19th and early...
es that were common in the region, when workers and neighbours settled in the area. During one of his visits to this place, Juan Lindo
Juan Lindo
Juan Nepomuceno Fernández Lindo y Zelaya was a Conservative Central American politician, president of the Republic of El Salvador from 1841 to 1842 and of the Republic of Honduras from 1847 to 1852.-Background:Lindo was born into a landholding family...
discovered a gold mine. For that reason it has continued to be called "Minas de Oro" (Gold Mines).
During Dr. Policarpo Bonillas's administration, citizenship began negotiating with the Círculo de Cabañas, an association that grouped the municipalities of Minas de Oro, Esquías
Esquías
Esquías is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua....
and San José del Potrero
San José del Potrero
San José del Potrero is a municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua....
. These negotiations led to the transfer of the head of such association to Minas de Oro in 1893, during general Domingo Vazquez's administration. In order to justify the transfer, the citizenship argued that the powerful increment of the footwear industry, the commercial relationship between Minas de Oro, Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
and the northern coast, and the growing cafe crops in the region were becoming Minas de Oro's main patrimonies, which at least in the first case it held true in the subsequent years.
City of Education
In the 1990s, Minas de Oro was called a "city of education" in HondurasHonduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
because it was the only municipality where all the towns had access to a primary education.
The Malcotal
Minas de Oro counted on the Malcotal School, oriented to the agroforestal formation led by a North American. The only thing left of this institution is a house turned center of tourist retirements in the highway that leads to Mines of San Antonio.Evangelical Boarding School
Minas de Oro were counted by the decade from the 1960s to 1990s in the Famous Evangelical Institute that has a boarding school where students from all of the republic of Honduras went. Its musical, English formation and Biblical education was recognized. At the beginning of the 1960s, it closed because of stoked heat from the insecurity in the access routes, stop cost of fuels, local competition, and complexity in the administrative handling of this type of institution.Minas de Oro Regional Institute
List of villages
- 031101 Minas de Oro
- 031102 Agua Blanca
- 031103 El Socorro
- 031104 El Zompopero
- 031105 La Hoya de la Puerta
- 031106 Las Huertas
- 031107 Minas de San Antonio
- 031108 Montecitos
- 031109 Pimientilla
- 031110 San Isidro del Mal Paso
- 031111 Santa Cruz
List of caserios
Notable people
- Neida Sandoval — A host of the morning show Despierta America on the Spanish language network UnivisionUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
. - Vicente Cáceres — teacher in one of the largest public schools of HondurasHondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
. - Ramón Carías Donaire — teacher, principal of the Villa Ahumada Normal School.
- José María Calix — journalist
Sites of interest
- Cerro Pelon — Mountain to the north of the city that is named after its lack of large trees. Only desert plants like cactiCactusA cactus is a member of the plant family Cactaceae. Their distinctive appearance is a result of adaptations to conserve water in dry and/or hot environments. In most species, the stem has evolved to become photosynthetic and succulent, while the leaves have evolved into spines...
, small palms and bushes grow here. There are also many caves that make popular tourist attractions. This site is also known as Cerro Grande (Large Hill) or Cacalotepe in some geography books. Over the top there is a point of the fist order geodethic net. - Evangelical Institute Installations
- El Malcotal Installations
- El Manantial Ecocenter
- Cerro Los Tornillos
- Some Closed Mines