Petoa
Sign in to savePetoa is a municipality in the department of Santa Bárbara in Honduras. Covering approximately , it had a population of 12,135 individuals in 2013. The economy revolves around agriculture.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Petoa
- 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
- Santa Bárbara
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Villages
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 14
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 203.5
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.population_total
- 12135
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.blank1_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank1_info
- Aw
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 12135
- Area
- 203.5
- Elevation
- 258
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Petoa is a municipality in the department of Santa Bárbara in Honduras. Covering approximately , it had a population of 12,135 individuals in 2013. The economy revolves around agriculture.
== Geography == Petoa is a municipality in the department of Santa Bárbara in northern Honduras. Covering approximately , it borders the municipalities of Quimistán to the north, Villanueva (Cortés) to the east, San Marcos to the west and south. It forms part of Honduras's interior highland zone, a mix of rolling hills and mountain foothills typical of the western highland region. The municipality has a mean elevation of approximately above sea level, with varying terrain including low mountains, hills, and river valleys. The region has a tropical monsoon climate. The soil is prone to erosion particularly along the river banks, where embankments have been constructed.
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