Las Vegas is a municipality in the department of Santa Bárbara, Honduras. It covers an area of and had a population of 23,980 inhabitants as per the 2013 national census. It is situated near the shores of Lake Yojoa. It is one of the principal commercial centres of the Santa Bárbara department.
History
The municipality of Las Vegas was created by Executive Decree No. 38-87 MGJ, signed on 8 September 1987 by president José Azcona del Hoyo. The decree was issued in response to a petition filed by the Patronato Pro-Mejoramiento Comunal de Las Vegas (Pro-Communal Improvement Board of Las Vegas) on 8 September 1986. The municipality was carved out of the territory previously belonging to the municipality of San Pedro Zacapa, in the same department of Santa Bárbara.
Geography
Las Vegas is located in the department of Santa Bárbara, Honduras. It is bound by the municipalities of San Pedro Zacapa in the south, Concepción del Sur in the northwest, Santa Cruz in the east, and the shores of Lake Yojoa in the west. It covers an area of and has a mean elevation of above sea level.
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