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Santa Rita | |
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Municipality | |
  Santa Rita Location in Honduras | |
| Coordinates: 15°12′N 87°53′W / 15.200°N 87.883°W | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Department | Yoro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 129 km2 (50 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 projection)[1] | |
| • Total | 21,536 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central America) |
Santa Rita is a town and a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro. The Humuya River passes through it.[2][3]
The town of Santa Rita has a population of 15,230 (2023 calculation).[4]
In 1684, it was a hamlet called Benque La Laguneta. It later became the village of Santa Rita El Negrito. The place was established as a town in 1959 with part of the municipality of El Negrito.
- ^ "Honduras: Administrative Division". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Efrain V. Molina. "Habilitan paso en el río Humuya de Santa Rita". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Efrain Molina. "Multarán a los que contaminan el río Humuya". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Honduras". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 July 2023.