Tambla is a municipality

Municipalities of Honduras

The 18 departments of Honduras are divided into 299 municipalities . Municipalities have elected mayors , as opposed to the appointed governors of departments. For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into 3731 aldeas, and those into 27969 caserios...

 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 Lempira.

Tambla is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. In order to arrive to its municipality capital is better to go via Santa Rosa de Copán

Santa Rosa de Copán

Santa Rosa de Copán is the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is set at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level....

-San Marcos de Ocotepeque-Cololaca-Tambla.

History

At the beginning it was located at "El Zorrillal" village, because of the dryness of the land, all the people decided to move to another place. It was then located at a place known as "Pueblo Viejo". In the census of 1887, it was a village of Tomalá

Tomalá

Tomalá is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.Tomalá is one of the smallest municipalities of the Lempira department in Honduras. It is situated 10 minutes away from Tambla municipality.- History :...

. The administration of Policarpo Bonilla issued the decree stating that the creation of the municipality was on September 11th, 1896.

Geography

It is situated at the top of a mountain. There are also huge mountains around the municipality capital. All of these are covered with pine forests. The weather is very cool all year long, except during the summer, when the temperature increases slightly.

Boundaries

Its boundaries are:

• North : Tomalá
  Tomalá
  Tomalá is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.Tomalá is one of the smallest municipalities of the Lempira department in Honduras. It is situated 10 minutes away from Tambla municipality.- History :...
  
   municipality.
• South : Guarita
  Guarita
  Guarita is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.Guarita is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. The best way to go to Guarita is via Santa Rosa de Copán-San Marcos de Ocotepeque-Cololaca-Guarita and it takes about 2.5 hours. This way is much more preferable...
  
   and Valladolid
  Valladolid, Lempira
  Valladolid is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department of Honduras. It takes about 2.5 hours to travel there and it must be via Santa Rosa de Copán–San Marcos de Ocotepeque–Cololaca–Tambla–Valladolid.- History :...
  
    municipalities.
• East : San Andrés
  San Andrés, Lempira
  San Andrés is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. It is notable as the principal site in Honduras for the mining of andesite opals from Las Colinas deposit near Sosoal, which is in the municipality. This mining is largely performed by artisanal miners, rather than on an industrial...
  
   and Tomalá
  Tomalá
  Tomalá is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.Tomalá is one of the smallest municipalities of the Lempira department in Honduras. It is situated 10 minutes away from Tambla municipality.- History :...
  
   municipalities.
• West : Guarita
  Guarita
  Guarita is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.Guarita is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. The best way to go to Guarita is via Santa Rosa de Copán-San Marcos de Ocotepeque-Cololaca-Guarita and it takes about 2.5 hours. This way is much more preferable...
  
   municipality.

• Surface Extents: 59 km²

Resources

It is one of the many municipalities proper for coffee plantations. Obviously they take advantadge of the elevation from sea level. The next activity is raising cattle followed by beans and corn crops. The commerce is a very important economical activity as well. As the rest of the department it has electricity in the municipality capital and mobile communications coverage.

Population

For the particular case of Tambla, the cross-breed of Spanish and Indians takes 80 % of the population.

• Population: the figure was 2,314 people back in 2001, for the year of 2008 the figure is expected to increase up to 2,473.
• Villages: 4
• Settlements: 40

Tourism

It takes about 2 hr, the road up to Cololaca

Cololaca

Cololaca is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.Cololaca is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. It is located more than 200 km away from Gracias. There is also an alternate way to go there, and that is taking a deviation in San Marcos de Ocotepeque. Taking this...

 is being paved, but once one passes Cololaca the road is in very good conditions. There are some curves that are narrow, so caution is advised to avoid accidents. It is only 10 minutes away from Tomalá

Tomalá

Tomalá is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.Tomalá is one of the smallest municipalities of the Lempira department in Honduras. It is situated 10 minutes away from Tambla municipality.- History :...

 municipality. This municipality has several good attractions. Starting for a statue and plaque in honor of Lempira chief. Next could be a very old "Ceiba" tree on one side of the road to Valladolid

Valladolid, Lempira

Valladolid is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department of Honduras. It takes about 2.5 hours to travel there and it must be via Santa Rosa de Copán–San Marcos de Ocotepeque–Cololaca–Tambla–Valladolid.- History :...

. The people there are very friendly and always willing to tell the story of their town and some more. The groceries stores and electricity make the visit more comfortable. This is also a very quite town to have a break from the noise of the city.

• Local Holidays: "San Francisco de Asis" day on October 4th and "Inmaculada Concepción" day on December 8th.

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