Yuscarán

Yuscarán on the map of Honduras

San José de Yuscarán is the capital of the department of El Paraíso in Honduras.

Geographical Location

Yuscarán is 65 km east of Tegucigalpa at the foot of Cerro Montserrat. It has about 200 buildings of colonial architecture in the area grew pine forests.

Reserva Biológica de Yuscarán

1979 Reserva Biológica de Yuscarán was told it includes the Cerro El Volcán ( 1980 m ) and Montserrat (1783 m). The core zone covers 1.5 square kilometers and is located about 1800 m, the rim has 20.9 square kilometers.

Agricultural use is not inhibited by the Reserva.

The Reserva is the water catchment area of about 15 communities.

History

In the communities Orealí and Oropolí [ wp 1] prehistoric rock paintings have been found ..

1746 gold, silver and other precious metals was found. What about a settlement of the area and the exploitation by Spanish companies, such as the Real de Minas de Founded in 1744 San José de Yuscarán in Ocotepeque [ wp 2], led.

The mines in Honduras hot Guayabillas, Malacate, Coloal, Gatal, El Plomo, Opoteca, Cuyal, San Martín, Caridad and El Corpus. You are in Yuscarán and 1771 were found by the farmer Juan Calvo. They were owned by the Argeñal family, a part was bought in 1838 by Marcial Bennett, which they exploited with the support of the Government of Honduras.

1869 Yuscarán capital departments El Paraíso was the wealth of the city meant that Yuscarán 1898 had an electrical power supply.

1939 Distileria El Buen Gusto was founded. It has about 120 employees today. Yuscarán is for there fired from the cane around aguardiente, also called Guaro known. Nationally known are also the mango and mamey celebrations. Mango and Mamey are two fruits that are grown next to melons and pumpkins in the region.