San Francisco de Becerra

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San Francisco de Becerra
Municipality
San Francisco de Becerra
Coordinates: 14°38′N 86°06′W
Country	Honduras
Department	Olancho
Villages	7
Area
• Total	332.92 km^2 (128.54 sq mi)
Elevation	407 m (1,335 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	9,878
• Density	30/km^2 (77/sq mi)

San Francisco de Becerra (Spanish pronunciation: [saɱ fɾanˈsisko ðe βeˈsera]) is a municipality in the interior of the Honduran department of Olancho, slightly to the south. It is bordered by Juticalpa in the west and Catacamas in the east.

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, San Francisco de Becerra municipality had a population of 9,475. Of these, 97.20% were Mestizo, 1.56% White, 0.93% Black or Afro-Honduran, 0.30% Indigenous and 0.01% others.^[1]

Sports

Local football club Alianza de Becerra play in the Honduran second division.

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea