Yoro (department)
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Yoro is one of the 18 departments into which the Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

n nation 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...

 is divided.

The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends.

The departmental capital is Yoro
Yoro
Yoro is the capital city of the Yoro department of Honduras....

.

The department covers a total surface area of 7,939
km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people.

It is famous for the Lluvia de Peces
Lluvia de Peces
Lluvia de Peces or Rain of Fish is a phenomenon that has been occurring for more than a century on a yearly basis in the country of Honduras.-History and background:The Rain of Fish is common in Honduran Folklore...

 (rain of fishes), a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains.

Municipalities
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...

  1. Arenal
    Arenal, Yoro
    Arenal is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

  2. El Negrito
    El Negrito
    El Negrito is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

  3. El Progreso
  4. Jocón
    Jocón
    Jocón is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

  5. Morazán
    Morazán, Yoro
    Morazán is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

  6. Olanchito
    Olanchito
    Olanchito is a town and municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro. Ramón Amaya Amador, a famous novelist, was born here....

  7. Santa Rita
    Santa Rita, Yoro
    Santa Rita is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

  8. Sulaco
    Sulaco, Yoro
    Sulaco is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

  9. Victoria
    Victoria, Yoro
    Victoria is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

  10. Yorito
    Yorito
    Yorito is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

  11. Yoro

Yoro Football Players

Name Club City Age
Carlos Pavon
Carlos Pavón
Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer is a Honduran football striker.He is most costly related to Real C.D. España of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras....

Real España El Progreso 38
Milton Reyes
Milton Reyes
Milton Reyes is a Honduran football player, who most recently played for Motagua.Reyes began playing professional soccer with Yoro FC of the Honduran second division in 1995. The next year he moved to Independiente Villela, where he helped the team to promotion to the first division...

Motagua Jocon
Jocón
Jocón is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

37
Sergio Mendoza Motagua Yoro 29
Johnny Leveron
Johnny Leverón
Johnny Leverón is a Honduran footballer. In the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio Janeiro, he was captain of the Honduran under 17 team and scored 3 goals for his squad. He also attended the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea...

Motagua Yoro 20
Alfredo Mejia
Alfredo Mejía
Alfredo Mejía is a Honduran footballer. He currently plays for Real España.-International goals:-External links:*...

Real España El Negrito
El Negrito
El Negrito is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

21
Ever Alvarado Real España El Negrito
El Negrito
El Negrito is a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro....

19
Juan C. Acevedo Real España El Progreso 23
Johnny Rivera
Johnny Rivera
Johnny Rivera is a Puerto Rican American salsa singer.Rivera was raised in the Bronx, and attended high school at Benjamin Franklin High School. He moved briefly to Puerto Rico before returning to New York to begin a career in music...

Real España El Progreso 19
Leonardo Isaula
Leonardo Isaula
Leonardo Isaula is a Honduran footballer, who most recently played for Motagua.-External links:*...

Necaxa Yoro 34
Anthony Lozano
Anthony Lozano
Anthony Rubén Lozano Colón is an Honduran footballer who plays for CD Alcoyano on loan from Valencia CF, as a forward.-Club career:...

Alcoyano
CD Alcoyano
Club Deportivo Alcoyano is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1929, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games in Estadio El Collao, with a 5,000-seat capacity...

Yoro 18
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