Santiago de Puringla is a municipality in the Hondurandepartment of La Paz. The municipality is situated on a plain bordered by the River Puringla. South of the municipality runs the River Lepasale.
Puringla means 'abundance of pollen' in indigenous languages.[which?]
The original name of the community was Alguindia. In 1691, it was founded with the name Puringla and was given the categorisation of municipality in 1886. On 5 September 1921, as an act of celebration of the centenary of Independence, it was agreed to change the name to its current form.[1]
In April 2020, the municipality suffered fires in large parts of Delicias.
Demographicsedit
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Santiago de Puringla municipality had a population of 16,182. Of these, 97.06% were Indigenous (96.89% Lenca), 2.71% Mestizo, 0.17% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.06% White.[2]
Villagesedit
Santiago de Puringla has the following ten villages:
Cedritos
El Higuito
El Ocotal
El Rancho de Jesús
Gualazara
Hornitos
Las Huertas
Las Delicias
Ojos de Agua
San Antonio
Rauteca
Matazano
Referencesedit
^Fiallos, Carmen. 1989. "Los Municipios de Honduras".
^Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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