Pimienta, Honduras
Pimienta | |
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Municipality | |
Nickname: El Manguito | |
Cortés | |
Area | |
• Municipality | 55.4 km2 (21.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
Population (2023 projection)[1] | |
• Municipality | 23,701 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 16,921 |
Climate | Aw |
Pimienta is a town, with a population of 13,530 (2023 calculation),.
History
The municipality of Pimienta was created on January 10, 1927. It was named for its abundance of pepper trees.[4]
In 1879 Pimienta was a small collection of buildings, and by the census of 1887 it was a small village in the municipality of Villanueva. In the 1895 national census, Pimienta belonged to the municipality of Potrerillos.[4] In 1924, with the opening of a railway bridge connecting Potrerillos, Pimienta became a place of great commercial growth, thus inducing banana producing companies to set up a pay office there.[3]
On June 7, 1934 an enormous swelling of the river Ulúa destroyed a large part of the town of Pimienta, therefore in 1936 the population was moved to a new site which became known as Nueva Pimienta (New Pimienta), the new head town of the municipality.[3]
Geography
Pimienta is bounded by the municipalities of
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Honduras
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities in Honduras
- ^ a b c IAIP. "IAIP - Alcaldía Municipal de Pimienta". portalunico.iaip.gob.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "0504 Pimienta – Honduras en sus manos". www.hondurasensusmanos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved November 20, 2018.
15°17′N 87°58′W / 15.283°N 87.967°W