Names |
| ISO3-Code |
HND |
| Continent |
North America |
| Country Name |
Honduras |
Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
3.0 |
| Leve1 Type |
Departamento |
| Level2 Type |
Municipio |
| Level3 Type |
Aldea |
| Level4 Type |
Caserio |
| Level5 Type |
Barrio o Colonia |
| Number of Units |
3,696 |
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
2 |
National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001 |
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
4,481 |
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
5,113 |
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
5,908 |
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
4,870 |
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
5,625 |
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
6,417 |
National Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
112,079 |
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
6 |
Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
53 |
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
748,381 |
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
2,350 |
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
43,870 |
Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
41 |
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
981 |
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
16 |
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
90 |
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
3,702 |
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
871,731 |
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,106 |
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
62,381 |
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
2,557,623 |
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
3% |
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
40% |
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
54% |
Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
46 |
| Regression-estimated Extents |
20 |
| Digital Chart of the World |
1 |
| Other |
0 |
Notes |
- Administrative Population Source Data:
- 2001 population from Censo Nacional de Poblacion y Vivienda 2001, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, downloaded from: http://www.ine-hn.org/ .
1988 population from the Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos,1988.
- Administrative Boundary Source Data:
- Instituto Geografico Nacional. Secretaria de Comunicaciones, Obras Publicas y Transporte. 1987. Proyeccion Transversal de Mercator.
- Settlement Point Population Source Data:
- City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
- Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
- NIMA, World Gazetteer
- Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
- Populated centres with 2,000 inhabi-tants or more and with the following characteristics: piped water service; communication by land (road or train) or regular air or maritime service; com-plete primary school (6 grades); postal service or telegraph; and at least one of the following: electri-cal light, sewer system, or a health centre.
- Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
- For the following Aldeas (administrative level 3) without matching polygons, their point coordinates were found and their populations added to the spatial unit in which they fall:
o San Antonio de Ca?as, in municipio of Comayagua, Departamento Comayagua;
o Santa Rosa de Copan in municipio of Santa Rosa de Copan and La Pe?a in municipio of El Paraiso, departamento of Copan;
o Armenta in municipio of San Pedro Sula, departamento Cortes;
o El Rebalse, Las Ca?as and Las Trojas in municipio of San Antonio de Flores, departamento Choluteca;
o El Chilito in municipio Moroceli, departamento El Paraiso;
o Las Lajitas and San Ramon in municipio Talgua, departamento Lempira;
o El Portillo in municipio of Sinuapa, departamento Ocotepeque;
o Rio Negro and San Pedro de Pisijire in municipio Dulce Nombre de Culmi, departamento of Olancho;
o Buena Vista and Sorca in municipio of Arada, and Venado in municipio of Quimistan, departamento of Santa Barbara.
For Aldeas (administrative level 3) where no point coordinates are found, their population were allocated proportionally among all Aldeas within the appropriate Municipio:
o Concepcion del Liston, El Pinal, Vista Hermosa, Col. Brisas del Campo, Rio Chiquito, El Povenir o el Descanso, Union Frontera, and Buena Vista in the municipio of Quimistan, Santa Barbara;
o Aldea Nueva in municipio Lempira, Tomala;
o Banaka and Guapote Abajo in muncipio Juan Francisco Bulnes, and Nueva Guniea in municipio Villeda Morales, departamento of Gracias A Dios;
o El Chaparral o Marilica in muncipio of Pespire, Choluteca;
o El Retiro in San Pedro Sula, Cortes;
o Nueva Suyapa and La Cumbre de las Flores # 2 o in municipio of Florida, and Nueva Esperanza in municipio of Caba?as, in departamento of Copan;
o La Providencia in Las Lajas, Comayagua.
? For Aldeas (administrative level 3) with neither 1988 nor 2001 population, Departmento level growth rates between 1988 and 2001 are calculated and applied to the available year and projected to target years:
o In Departamento of Atlantda, Armenia Bonito,Bonitillo,Dantillo,El Bufalo,San Jose de Texiguat, and Satuye;
o Tambor Abajo in Choluteca;
o In Colon, Campo Bohemio o Alianza,Campo Copete,Campo El Olvido,Campo Guanacaste,Campo Nerones,ChapaguaCol. Agu?n,Colonia El Sinai,El Cafe,El Coco No.1,Finca El Carmen,Ilanga,Jeric,La Brea,Puerto Castilla,Tarros, and Trujillo ;
o El Pinabetoso in Camayagua;
o Rio Arriba in Cortes; S.O.S. (Aldeas) in Francisco Moraza;
o El Zancudo and Nahuaterique in La Paz;
o Los Zapotes in Olancho;
o Los Corrales in Santa Barbara;
o Yoro, Campo Diez Asunohsa,Campo Doce,Campo Nueve,Finca Quince,Las Golondrinas,Nueva Florida, and Rompidos o Los Lirios de.
*A 5% growth rate cap was applied to select units before extrapolating population figures to target years.
- Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
- Levels and Scales:
Departamento de Atlantida 1:200000 713 fb /1985
Departamento de Choluteca 1:200000 713 fb /1988
Departamento de Colon 1:200000 713 fb /1987
Departamento de Comayagua 1:200000 713 fb /1987
Departamento de Copan 1:200000 713 fb /1986
Departamento de Cortes 1:200000 713 fb /1989
Departamento de Fco. Morazan 1:200000 713 fb /1989
Departamento de Paraiso 1:230000 713 fb /1988
Dpto. Gracias a Dios 1:300000 713 fb /1990
Dpto. Intibuca 1:150000 713 fb /1986
Dpto. Islas de la Bahia 1:200000 713 fb /1986
Dpto. La Paz 1:120000 713 fb /1988
Dpto. de Lempira 1:200000 713 fb /1988
Dpto. Ocotepeque 1:120000 713 fb /1988
Dpto. de Olancho 1:350000 713 fb /1988
Dpto. Santa Barbara 1:200000 713 fb /1987
Dpto. Valle 1:200000 713 fb /1986
Dpto. de Yoro 1:230000 713 fb /1987
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