Gualaco | |
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Municipality | |
Gualaco | |
| Coordinates: 15°01′35″N 86°04′15″W / 15.02639°N 86.07083°W / 15.02639; -86.07083 | |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Department |  Olancho |
| Villages | 10 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,363.45 km2 (912.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 650 m (2,140 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 22,327 |
| • Density | 9.4468/km2 (24.467/sq mi) |
| Climate | Aw |
| Sources: Google Maps1 | |
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.
Gualaco is served by Jicalapa Airport, a grass airstrip 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of town.2
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Gualaco municipality had a population of 21,863. Of these, 97.11% were Mestizo, 1.76% White, 0.56% Indigenous, 0.50% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.07% others.3