RÃo Hondo, Zacapa
Río Hondo on the map of Guatemala
Río Motagua
Río Hondo (Eng. " Deep River ") is a city and a municipality in the department of Zacapa in Guatemala.
Río Hondo is located 136 km northeast of Guatemala City on the Atlantic Highway CA 9 to 379 m altitude. In Río Hondo the highway CA 9 turns south. About 10 km south is Zacapa, the capital of the department of the same name.
The 696 km ² large municipality located in the valley of the Río Motagua and the north of it rising Sierra de las Minas. It has around 20,000 inhabitants, of whom the majority are Ladinos. The municipality is next to the main town of Rio Hondo from about 30 " rural communities " ( Aldeas ), including Casos de Pinto, Chanchán, El Cenegal, El Petón, El Rosario, El Tecolote, Jesús María, Jones, Jumuzna, La Espinilla, La Palma, La Pepesca, Las Delicias, Las Pozas, Lo de Mejía, Llano Largo, Llano Verde, Mal Paso, Monte Grande, Morán, Ojo de Agua, Panaluya, Pata Galana, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosalía, Sunzapote and Tabacal. Main economic activities are agriculture, craft and service sectors.
Adjacent Municipalities are Gualan in the east, Zacapa and Estanzuela in the south, as well as Teculutan the southwest and west. In the north of the municipios runs along the main ridge of the Sierra de las Minas, the border of the departments of Alta Verapaz and Izabal.