Wampusirpi is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the Honduran

Honduras

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 department of Gracias a Dios. The municipality has 26 different localities with the largest being Wampusirpi, which is also the municipal head.

Geographic Location

The municipality is located east of the capital city of Puerto Lempira

Puerto Lempira

Puerto Lempira is the capital of the Gracias a Dios department in northeastern Honduras, located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon. Though it does not have paved roads, it is the largest town in the La Mosquitia region....

, sharing borders with Ahuas

Ahuas

Ahuas is a municipality in the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios....

 to the north, Gualaco

Gualaco

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....

 to the west and sharing an international border with Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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to the south.

Development Situation

The municipality has very low development indicators. Accessibility to the municipality is very limited. Flying from other municipalities of the department or connection via river route , via the River Patuca, are the only ways to access the municipality. Within the municipality, different localities can only be accessed by river. Terrain roads only exist in the largest locality of Wampusirpi. Electricity is still not available and diesel generators are used by seldom few privileged.

Health

The municipality has a Maternal and Infant clinic in the main locality of Wampusirpi and a health centre in another important locality of Krausirpi. Malaria is rampant in the municipality along with other infectious diseases.