San Pedro Zacapa () is a municipality in the department of Santa Bárbara, Honduras. It covers an area of and had a population of 10,535 inhabitants according to the 2013 national census. The first indigenous settlers arrived from Guatemala in 1780, and it later became a municipality in the Santa Bárbara District.
History
The name originated from the Mesoamerican word "Cacat Atl" , meaning "between rivers", indicating its location between the Zacapa, Zunzucuapa and Guajiniquil rivers. It was named so by the first indigenous settlers who arrived from Guatemala in 1780. During the 1801 census, it was listed as part of Tencoa, and it was listed as a municipality in the Santa Bárbara District as per the Political Territorial Division of Honduras in 1889.
Geography
San Pedro Zacapa is located in the department of Santa Bárbara in Honduras. It borders the municipalities of Intibucá and Jesús de Otoro to the south, San José de Comayagua and Santa Cruz de Yojoa to the east, Santa Bárbara and Santa Cruz de Yojoa to the north, and Concepción del Sur and San Francisco de Ojuera to the west.
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|+ Aldeas of San Pedro Zacapa (2013)