Yoro (Honduras

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Yoro (Honduras : Department)
Other forms of name
Yoro (Honduras : Dept.)
Coordinates
-87.13333333 -87.13333333 15.13333333 15.13333333 (gooearth )
W0870600 W0870600 N0150800 N0150800 (geonames )
Associated country
Honduras
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 146622441
Wikidata: Q2561180
Library of congress: n 83205529
Sources of Information
  • BGN request, 7-19-83(Departamento de Yoro [Yoro=brief]; 1st order admin, div.; 15°15ʹN, 87°15ʹW)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 15°08ʹ00ʺN 087°06ʹ00ʺW)
  • Informe económico de los valles del Departamento de Yoro, 1979 (subj.)t.p. (Departamento de Yoro)
  • U.S. Off. of Geog. Honduras gaz. 1956(Yoro, 15°15ʹN, 87°15ʹW; lists some local places with same name)
  • BGN request, 7-19-83(Departamento de Yoro [Yoro=brief]; 1st order admin, div.; 15p0s15ʹN, 87p0s15ʹW)
  • U.S. Off. of Geog. Honduras gaz. 1956(Yoro, 15p0s15ʹN, 87p0s15ʹW; lists some local places with same name)

Wikipedia description:

Yoro, with a population of 101,849 (2022 calculation), is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong storms make fish fall from the sky.

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