Langue

Langue is a municipality in the Valle Department, Honduras.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Langue
Settlement.pushpin_map: Honduras
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Honduras
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Honduras
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Valle Department
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Oscar Yanez (National Party)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 144

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Langue is a municipality in the Valle Department, Honduras.

The town is located near the border of El Salvador and is a regional Hammock making center. Most of the town is made up of sharecroppers and day laborers. There are usually Mormon missionaries and Peace Corps volunteers in the city. There is a lot of cattle raised on the flat areas of town. The town has suffered greatly from deforestation and drought. The town's technical school "Instituto Tecnico John F. Kennedy" was built by the Peace Corps. The municipality has an official population of over 25,000, most of whom live in the surrounding villages.