San Marcos is a municipality in the department of Santa Bárbara, Honduras. It covers an area of and had a population of 15,229 inhabitants according to the 2013 national census. The VII Festival of Traditional Games was held in San Marcos on 31 April 2006.
History
In the 1791 census, San Marcos was listed as part of Petoa, and in the 1896, it was already listed as a municipality under the Quimistán district.
Geography
San Marcos is located in the department of Santa Bárbara in Honduras. It borders the municipalities of Quimistán to the north, Petoa to the east, San Luis and Trinidad to the south, and Macuelizo to the west.
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Of the population, 0.3% were Indigenous and the rest were non-indigenous population.