El Corpus is a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca.
History
The Spanish founded El Corpus after a mine called Clavo Rico in 1585. El Corpus became a municipality on July 27, 1827.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, 75% of the population works in agriculture. Thirty-four percent uses some type of private water system, and 46% uses oil lamps for light. Ninety-five percent use firewood for cooking. Sixty-two percent has a basic education level and 5% of houses has at least one car.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Historical Population
!Year
!Population
!%+
!%+ yearly
|-
|1887
|2,511
|
|
|-
|1901
|4,662
|86.7
|6.1
|-
|1905
|4,718
|1.2
|0.3
|-
|1910
|4,630
| -1.9
| -0.4
|-
|1916
|5,447
|17.6
|3
|-
|1926
|6,234
|14.4
|1.5
|-
|1930
|7,478
|20.0
|5
|-
|1935
|8,078
|8.0
|1.6
|-
|1940
|9,899
|22.5
|4.5
|-
|1945
|10,773
|8.8
|1.8
|-
|1950
|11,302
|4.9
|1
|-
|1961
|14,328
|26.8
|2.4
|-
|1974
|15,238
|6.4
|0.5
|-
|1988
|20,115
|32.0
|2.3
|-
|2001
|21,856
|8.7
|0.7
|-
|2013
|24,646
|12.8
|1.1
|-
|2018 (est.)
|25,845
|4.9
|1
|}
Location
The municipality is located east of the department of Choluteca.
Villages
The following 17 villages belong to the municipality:
- El Corpus (Municipal head)
- Agua Fría
- Calaire
- Cayanini
- El Baldoquín
- El Banquito
- El Despoblado
- El Naranjal
- El Pedregal
- El Zapotal
- La Albarrada
- La Fortuna
- La Galera
- San Isidro
- San Juan Abajo
- San Juan Arriba
- San Judas