Concepción de María () is a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca
History
Concepcion de Maria was established in 1852. At the time of the census of 1889, it was listed as a municipality within the Central District.
Demographics
As of the Census of 2013, there were 26,905 people, 1% of which lived in a different place in the country 5 years ago. The main source of water is the private sector, which 27% of inhabitants use. 61% of the people have a basic educational level. The main source of light in houses is with an oil or gas lamp with a 48% using it. Ninety-six percent of the houses use firewood to cook. Three percent of the people has a car of their own. According to Necesidades Básica Insatisfechas 2013 (Unsatisfied Basic Needs) 64% of the population lives in poverty and according with El Instituto de Estadisticas INE 2005 65% live in extreme poverty.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Historical Population
!Year
!Population
!%+
!%+ yearly
|-
|1887
|1,526
|
|
|-
|1901
|3,168
|107.6
|7.7
|-
|1910
|3,074
| -3.0
| -0.3
|-
|1916
|4,167
|35.6
|5.9
|-
|1926
|3,347
| -19.7
| -2.0
|-
|1930
|5,131
|53.3
|13.3
|-
|1935
|5,999
|16.9
|3.4
|-
|1940
|7,713
|28.6
|5.7
|-
|1945
|8,516
|10.4
|2.1
|-
|1950
|8,967
|5.3
|1.1
|-
|1961
|13,603
|51.7
|4.7
|-
|1974
|16,478
|21.1
|1.6
|-
|1988
|21,717
|31.8
|2.3
|-
|2001
|24,406
|12.4
|1.0
|-
|2013
|26,875
|10.1
|0.8
|-
|2018 (est.)
|27,905
|3.8
|0.8
|}
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 156 km<sup>2</sup>. The municipality contains 33 villages (aldeas) and 163 hamlets.