San Juan Guarita

San Juan Guarita is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira.

San Juan Guarita is one of the smallest municipalities of the Honduran Lempira department. The best way to go to Guarita is via Santa Rosa de Copán-San Marcos de Ocotepeque-Cololaca-Guarita and it takes about 2.5 hours. Source: Wikipedia

Area of San Juan Guarita	43 km²
Population	2,146
Male Population	1,072 (50%)
Female Population	1,074 (50%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	-10.8%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	-20.7%
Median Age	21.6 years
Male Median Age	20.5 years
Female Median Age	22.6 years
Timezone	Central Standard Time

Map of San Juan Guarita

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	2,407	2,683	2,707	2,146
Population Density	56.0 / km²	62.4 / km²	63.0 / km²	49.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 20.7% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
San Juan Guarita	-10.8%	-20%	-20.7%
Lempira Department	+167.3%	+68.1%	+30.9%
Honduras	+159.6%	+64.6%	+29.2%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Median Age

Median Age: 21.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
San Juan Guarita	21.6 years	20.5 years	22.6 years
Lempira Department	18.9 years	18.5 years	19.3 years

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Population By Age and Gender

San Juan Guarita Population Tree

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	108	81	190
5-9	131	96	228
10-14	159	160	319
15-19	128	147	276
20-24	98	101	199
25-29	75	79	154
30-34	67	80	148
35-39	56	59	116
40-44	47	53	101
45-49	34	37	72
50-54	40	39	79
55-59	24	35	59
60-64	27	31	59
65-69	24	30	55
70-74	21	11	33
75-79	15	11	27
80-84	11	8	20
85 Plus	5	13	19

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Population Density

Population Density: 49.9 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
San Juan Guarita	2,146	43 km²	49.9 / km²
Lempira Department	310,704	4,286.2 km²	72.5 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2015

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 Year Growth %	Avg 10 Year Growth
0	77	n/a	n/a
100	96	2.2%	1
200	120	2.3%	2
300	150	2.3%	3
400	187	2.2%	3
500	234	2.3%	4
600	292	2.2%	5
700	365	2.3%	7
800	456	2.3%	9
900	570	2.3%	11
1000	712	2.2%	14
1100	890	2.3%	17
1200	1,112	2.3%	22
1300	1,390	2.3%	27
1400	1,737	2.3%	34
1500	2,171	2.3%	43
1600	621	-11.8%	-155
1700	178	-11.7%	-44
1800	234	2.8%	5
1900	872	14.1%	63
1910	926	6.2%	54
1920	977	5.5%	51
1930	1,172	20%	195
1940	1,412	20.5%	240
1950	1,718	21.7%	306
1960	2,063	20.1%	345
1970	2,401	16.4%	338
1990	2,683	5.7%	141
2000	2,707	0.9%	24

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Other Cities in Lempira Department

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Belén, Honduras	198.8 km²	7,021	91.5 / mi²
Candelaria, Honduras	53.2 km²	6,419	312.5 / mi²
Cololaca	225.3 km²	7,762	89.2 / mi²
Erandique	296.7 km²	14,883	129.9 / mi²
Gracias	449.1 km²	47,457	273.7 / mi²
Gualcinse	162.8 km²	10,966	174.5 / mi²
Guarita	180.3 km²	7,275	104.5 / mi²
La Campa, Honduras	108.3 km²	6,557	156.8 / mi²
La Iguala	349 km²	24,804	184.1 / mi²
La Unión	85.3 km²	12,284	372.8 / mi²
La Virtud	89 km²	6,444	187.6 / mi²
Las Flores, Honduras	80.8 km²	9,269	297.3 / mi²
Lepaera	310.3 km²	35,511	296.4 / mi²
Mapulaca	32.5 km²	3,951	314.9 / mi²
Piraera	178.4 km²	13,194	191.5 / mi²
San Andrés, Lempira	246.8 km²	12,730	133.6 / mi²
San Francisco	137.6 km²	8,670	163.2 / mi²
San Manuel Colohete	182.9 km²	13,516	191.4 / mi²
San Marcos de Caiquín	96.6 km²	5,442	145.9 / mi²
San Rafael Municipality	101.5 km²	12,992	331.6 / mi²
San Sebastian, Lempira	222 km²	10,173	118.7 / mi²
Santa Cruz, Honduras	151.4 km²	6,678	114.3 / mi²
Talgua	82.9 km²	9,905	309.5 / mi²
Tambla	58.6 km²	2,895	128.0 / mi²
Tomalá	47.7 km²	6,292	342.0 / mi²
Valladolid, Honduras	78.3 km²	3,223	106.6 / mi²
Virginia	37.1 km²	2,259	157.8 / mi²

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