Tambla

Tambla is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.

Tambla,is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. In order to arrive to its municipality capital is better to go via Santa Rosa de Copán-San Marcos de Ocotepeque-Cololaca-Tambla.

History

At the beginning it was located at "El Zorrillal" village, and because of the dryness of the land, all the people decideed to move to another place. It was then located at a place known as "Pueblo Viejo". In the census of 1887, it was a village of Tomalá. In the administrtion of Policarpo Bonilla emitted the decree that stated the creation on the municipality dated September 11th 1896.

Geography

It is situaded at the top of a mountain. There are also huge mountains around the municipality capital. All of these are covered with Pine forests. The weather is very cool along the year, except for the summer because it increases a little.

Boundaries

Its boundaries are:
*North : Tomalá municipality.
*South : Guarita and Valladolid municipalities.
*East : San Andrés and Tomalá municipalities.
*West : Guarita municipality.

*Surface Extents: 59 km²

Resources

It is one more of the municipalities proper for coffee plantation. Obviously they take advantadge of the elevation from sea level. The next activity is raising cattle followed by beans and corn crops. The commerce is a very important economical activity as well. As the rest of the department it has electricity in the municipality capital and mobile communications coverage.

Population

For the particular case of Tambla, the cross-breed of spanish and indians takes 80 % of the population.
*Population: the figure was 2,314 people back in 2001, for the year of 2008 the figure is expected to increase up to 2,473.
*Villages: 4
*Settlements: 40

Tourism

It takes about 2 hr, the road up to Cololaca is being paved, but once ones passes Cololaca the road is in very good conditions. There are some curves that are narrow, so caution is advised to avoid any crash. It is only 10 minutes away from Tomalá municipality.This municipality has several good attractions. Starting for a statue and plaque in honor of Lempira chief. Next could be a very old "Ceiba" tree on one side of the road to Valladolid. The people there are very friendly and always willing to tell the story of their town and some more. The groceries stores and electricity make the visit more comfortable. This is also a very quite town to have a break from the noise of the city.
*Local Holidays: "San Francisco de Asis" day on October 4th and "Inmaculada Concepción" day on December 8th.

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