- Tomalá
Tomalá is a
municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.Tomalá,is one of the smallest municipalities of the
Lempira department inHonduras . It is situated 10 minutes away fromTambla municiaplity.History
It started as a small village back in 1576. Since it was placed on a swamp, the community decided to relocate it onto the toe of a hill, and it has been there ever since. In the census of 1791 y was a town belonging to "Curato de Sensenti" and in 1889 it was a municipality of
Guarita district.Geography
It is situated 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 : San Sebastián municipality.
*South :Tambla municipality.
*East : San Andrés municipality.
*West :Tambla municipality.*Surface Extents: 48
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
In Tomalá the cross-breed of spanish and indians represent 80 % of the people. The rest is take by indians descendants who live in the villages around the municipality capital.
*Population: the figure was 5,032 people back in 2001, for the year of 2008 the figure is expected to increase up to 6,124.
*Villages: 13
*Settlements: 33Tourism
In order to arrive to its municipality capital is better to go via
Santa Rosa de Copán -San Marcos de Ocotepeque-Cololaca-Tambla. It takes about 2 hr, the road up toCololaca is being paved, but once ones passes Cololaca the road is in very good conditions.This town will sure a very pleasant visit for the travelers, because it is located at a very quite and nice place, with many Pine forests and magnificent views to other mountain ranges, especially "Congolón". The parades and holidays are very crowded for their entertainment and "showy". The people are very welcoming and nice as well. Its church is dated 1904, and they take good care of it. It looks like time never passes by this place.
*Local Holidays: "San Francisco de Asis" day on October 4th and "Inmaculada Concepción" day on December 8th.External links
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