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{{other uses}} {{expand Spanish|topic=geo|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Yoro |native_name =  |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_shield = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Honduras |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Honduras |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Honduras |subdivision_type1 = Department |subdivision_name1 = Yoro |subdivision_type2 = Villages |subdivision_name2 = 19 |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |established_title = |established_date = 1791 |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 2264 |TotalArea_sq_km = |area_land = |LandArea_sq_mi = |area_water = |WaterArea_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban = |UrbanArea_sq_mi = |area_metro = |MetroArea_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2022 projection |population_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/honduras/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of departments and municipalities in Honduras</ref> |settlement_type = Municipality |population_total = 101,849 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_mi2 = |population_urban = 31,777 |timezone = Central America |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|15|8|N|87|8|W|display=inline}} |elevation = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = 23101 |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = Aw |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Yoro''', with a population of 101,849 (2022 calculation),<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/honduras/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of cities in Honduras</ref> is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong storms make fish fall from<ref>{{Cite book|last=de|first=Chavagnac, X.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/771135438|title=Histoire des manufactures françaises de porcelaine|date=1906|oclc=771135438}}</ref> the sky.<ref>{{cite web|last=Campos |first=Orsy |title=Un pueblo en fiesta |url=http://www.elsalvador.com/hablemos/2004/110704/110704-5.htm |publisher=Revista Hablemos |access-date=19 September 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207145617/http://www.elsalvador.com/hablemos/2004/110704/110704-5.htm |archive-date=February 7, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Kirk Semple |title=Every Year, the Sky ‘Rains Fish.’ Explanations Vary. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/16/world/americas/honduras-rain-fish-yoro.html |newspaper=New York Times |date= July 16, 2017 }}</ref>

==Demographics== At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro municipality had a population of 86,665. Of these, 86.52% were Mestizo, 10.65% Indigenous (10.05% Tolupan, 0.41% Lenca), 1.98% White, 0.80% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.05% others.<ref>[https://www.ine.gob.hn/V3/baseine/ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea]</ref>

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Category:Municipalities of the Yoro Department