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ALCALDES DE CHOLOMA

• 1894 José María Cobos B.

• 1895 Jesús Urbina

• 1896 Ángel Vaquero

• 1902 José D. Portocarrero

• 1903 Pedro Hernández

• 1906 Zenon Perez

• 1916 Alonso G. Urbina

• 1917 Pedro Alemán

• 1918 Justiniano Aguiluz

• 1919 Dionisio Ortega

• 1920 Pablo Reyes

• 1927 Ildefonso Martínez

• 1928 Pablo Reyes

• 1929 Guillermo Mayes

• 1931 Pablo Reyes

• 1932 José Cándido Mejía

• 1933 Pablo Reyes

• 1934 José María Galdamez

• 1935 Máximo Zuniga

• 1936 Carmen Bardales

• 1937 Eduardo Ramos

• 1938 Roque Moreira

• 1943 Raimundo Tejada

• 1944 Juan Martínez

• 1945 Ernesto Tejada

• 1946 Rafael García Caballero

• 1947 Roque Matta

ALCALDES DE CHOLOMA

• 1948 Luciano Hernández Henríquez

• 1950 Roque Matta

• 1954 Jacinto Medina R.

• 1955 Jesús Alcocer

• 1959 Selvin Peña

• 1960 Rómulo Castellón Casco

• 1962 Manuel Pagan Lozano

• 1964 Leopoldo. Aguilar Cantarero

• 1965 Arnold Alcacer

• 1966 Luciano Hernández Henríquez

• 1969 Juan Pagan Lozano

• 1971 Manuel Pagan Lozano

• 1973 Fausto Deras Velásquez

• 1976 Circuncisión Hernández Cruz

• 1980 Miguel Ángel Alvarado

• 1982 Blanca Aída Reyes Contreras

• 1984 Rómulo Castellón Casco

• 1986 Julio César Yánez Cerna

• 1987 Blanca Alicia Milla Vda. de Yánez

• 1990 Gustavo Adolfo Torres

• 1994 José Armando Gale

• 1998 José Armando Gale

• 2002 Sandra Deras Rivera

• 2006 Ing. Leopoldo Crivelli Durant

• 2010 Ing. Leopoldo Crivelli Durant

• 2014 Ing. Leopoldo Crivelli Durant

• 2018 Ing. Leopoldo Crivelli Durant

Territorial

Information

LAST UPDATE: JUNE 2018

The original town of Tholoma was located near Conta and Cholula, indigenous villages on the banks of the Balaliama or Choloma river, documented first in the fifth letter of the conquistador Hernán Cortés about his conquest of the province of Honduras. It was also mentioned in the work of Berna Díaz on the same events in 1524-1525. In 1536, it was mentioned in the document about the San Pedro de Puerto de Caballos Foundation (today San Pedro Sula) but it was not given to any Spaniard in the San Pedro Repartimiento, 2 of course in 1536 it was vacated and not part of no colonial document after that year effective.

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The town of Candelaria (Nuestra Señora de Candelaria de Masca), originally San Pedro Masca, was founded on the north coast between Omoa and Manabique in pre-Hispanic times. The village was moved to the Bijao river in 1683-84 for safety. The village was plundered many times by pirates and Miskitos / Zambos on the coast at their request of 1714.3 moved again, because it was looted again, south of the Bijao River, probably near El Boquerón in 1698. Candelaria / Masca It was a town of Lenca speakers. Von Hagen (in Los Tolupanes de Honduras) made an error in identifying the Candelaria near Choloma, with the Candelaria, reduction of Xicaque Indians (torrupanes) near Guaymas. Today there is this Candelaria in the Department of Yoro, near Guaymas, north of Morazán, Yoro.

Of course, the last inhabitants of Our Lady of Candelaria decided to be part of the new town of Choloma, founded in 1804, forming the neighborhood of Candelaria de Choloma. Choloma in 1894 would be constituted as a municipality under the name of El Paraíso. This appellation would last for 39 years until it changed to its current denomination.

In the 19th century, the banana industry developed and the following century the cultivation of sugarcane began; However, both plantations declined and their inhabitants were dedicated to livestock and the cultivation of citrus and basic grains.

The municipality covers an area of ​​471.1 km² and the festivities are celebrated in the month of February in honor of the Virgin of Lourdes. Among the tourist attractions of the area is the lagoon of Ticamaya.

Demography

Information about the inhabitants and population of Choloma.

POPULATION OF CHOLOMA:

222.828 inhabitants

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POPULATION DENSITY OF CHOLOMA:

473,1 km²

Geography

Geographic information about the city of Choloma.

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF CHOLOMA:

Latitude: 15.6333, Length: -88
15° 37′ 60″ North, 88° 0′ 0″ West

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SUPERFICIE DE CHOLOMA:

47.100 hectáreas
471,00 km² (181,85 sq mi)

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ALTITUDE OF CHOLOMA:

151 m

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CLIMATE OF CHOLOMA:

Equatorial climate (Köppen climate rating: Af)

DISTANCES

FROM CHOLOMA