Atima

Municipality in Santa Bárbara, Honduras

14°56′N 88°29′W / 14.933°N 88.483°W / 14.933; -88.483CountryHondurasDepartmentSanta BárbaraGovernment

• MayorRoger Gabriel Leiva GonzalesArea

• Total199.80 km² (77.14 sq mi)Elevation

978 m (3,209 ft)Population

(2018)

• Total11,976 • Density60/km² (160/sq mi)ClimateAw

Atima is a municipality in the Honduran department of Santa Bárbara. In 2018 it had a population of 11,976. As of 2020 its mayor is Roger Gabriel Leiva Gonzales.^[1]

In 2021, two workers were stabbed fatally in the village of Berlín.^[2]

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Atima municipality had a population of 17,648. Of these, 88.62% were Mestizo, 7.13% Indigenous (6.96% Lenca), 3.54% White and 0.71% Black or Afro-Honduran.^[3]

References

^ "Alcalde y regidor de Atima, Santa Bárbara, se van a los golpes en plena sesión". Diario El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
^ "Dos muertos y varios heridos tras ataque en Atima, Santa Bárbara". Diario El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea