San Sebastian, Lempira

San Sebastian is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.

San Sebastián,is one of the furthest municipalities of the Lempira department. It is 13 km ahead of San Manuel Colohete. It is highly recommended to go on a 4 wheel drive vehicle when visiting this municipality.

History

In the census of 1887 it appears as "Colosuca" village, of Gracias. It became a municipality on March 7th 1896. The name of "Colosuca" means "Beautiful Place".

Geography

The municipality capital is up on a big mountain. Surrounded by many pine trees and some oak trees. The mountains are really high and steep.In some of these mountains the vegetation changes to bushes and undergrowth. The origin of the rocks and soil all around is volcanic.

Boundaries

Its boundaries are:
*North : San Manuel Colohete municipality and Ocotepeque department.
*South : Tomalá and San Andrés municipalities.
*East : La Campa and San Manuel Colohete municipalities.
*West : Guarita,Cololaca and San Marcos de Caiquin municipalities.

*Surface Extents: 227 km²

Resources

The coffee harvest gives a lot of jobs to locals and even people from other places, since it is the main economical activity of this region. Second activity in importance is raising cattle. The commerce of groceries with Gracias is a very profitable activity. The corn and beans crops are mostly for local consumption. In 2007, they were installing the pipes for the sewer system. The obtained water from perforated wells. Also it has electricity and mobile communications coverage.As for the transportation services, only one bus is available and ti stays in the municipality capital and travels back from Gracias in the afternoon.

Population

In this case, the descendants of indias take only 60 % of the population, the rest is taken by the cross-breed od spanish and indians, some of these individuals present white skin and blue or green eyes.
*Population:For the year 2001 this municipality had 8,025 people, this figure was the base for an estimate, resulting in 9,324 people for the year of 2008.
*Villages: 7
*Settlements: 108

Tourism

Once Colohete is passed the road becomes narrower and steeper and therefore more dangerous. There is 1 river to cross, but in the rainy season, it is just not possible to do so. There is also a 2nd river, but in this case a bridge was built. The "congolon" mountain can be seen to the south and some other mountains in Ocotepeque to the north. The old church also gives a good reason to visit, if the traveler enjoys ancient colonial buildings. This municpality is in the "Colosuca" path, this is organized by the national institute of tourism and some Mayor's offices of several municipalities. The object of this is to show the indian legacy.
*Local Holidays: "San Sebastián" day on January 20th.

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