Jano

Coordinates: 15°03′N 86°30′W / 15.050°N 86.500°W / 15.050; -86.500
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Jano
Municipality
Jano is located in Honduras
Jano
Jano
Coordinates: 15°03′N 86°30′W / 15.050°N 86.500°W / 15.050; -86.500
Country Honduras
DepartmentOlancho
Villages8
Area
 • Total362.71 km2 (140.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total4,805
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)

Jano is a town and municipality in the north west of the Honduran department of Olancho, west of Guata, south of Esquipulas del Norte and north of Manto.

Villages[edit]

Jano municipality encompasses the following villages:[1]

  • Jano
  • Comayaguela
  • El Zapotillo
  • La Pita
  • La Victoria
  • Las Labranzas
  • Pacaya
  • Pintora

Demographics[edit]

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Jano municipality had a population of 4,553. Of these, 90.97% were Mestizo, 8.15% White, 0.51% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.37% Indigenous.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, Honduras. (Censo 2001)
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea