Olanchito (hnd)

Olanchito

Olanchito ranks 7,645th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wilton, Connecticut, Bad Gandersheim, and Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Memorable people born in Olanchito include José Figueroa, Rony Martínez, and Douglas Martínez. Olanchito has been the birth place of many soccer players. Olanchito is located in Honduras.

Olanchito is a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras, and a town with a population of 49,750 as of 2023. The municipality was founded in 1530 and comprises 70 villages, approximately 300 hamlets, and a population of 124,286. It is located 107 miles (172 km) northeast of Tegucigalpa, the country's capital. Olanchito operates in the Central Time Zone, with a UTC offset of -6 hours. The city is the birthplace of many popular figures of Honduran literature such as Ramón Amaya Amador, whose manuscripts, collection of books, writing table, and ashes are located in Olanchito. Known locally as the Civic City, Olanchito's main industry is agriculture. Read more on Wikipedia