Official Name: | Marcovia |
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: | Choluteca |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jose Nahun Calix Alvarez |
Established Title: | Became a Municipality |
Established Date: | 1882 |
Area Total Km2: | 482 |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Population Total: | 24,646 |
Population Density Km2: | 95 |
Coordinates: | 13.2833°N -106°W |
Postal Code Type: | Honduran GeoCode |
Postal Code: | 0607 |
Marcovia is a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca, on the Gulf of Fonseca.
Marcovia was called Pueblo Nuevo until 1882 when it became a municipality and was renamed Marcovia by the president, Marco Aurelio Soto. The majority of the people in Marcovia used to be from El Salvador.[1]
According to the 2013 census, 53% of the population works in agriculture. Fifty-five percent use some type of private water system, and 48% uses public electricity to light their houses. Eighty-four percent use firewood for cooking and 13% of houses have at least one car. Eighty percent of Morolica has a basic education level.
1887 | 717 | |||
1901 | 1,094 | 52.6 | 3.8 | |
1905 | 958 | -12.4 | -3.1 | |
1910 | 961 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
1916 | 1,019 | 6.0 | 1.0 | |
1926 | 1,496 | 46.8 | 4.7 | |
1930 | 1,804 | 20.6 | 5.1 | |
1935 | 2,217 | 22.9 | 4.6 | |
1940 | 2,721 | 22.7 | 4.5 | |
1945 | 3,302 | 21.4 | 4.3 | |
1950 | 3,598 | 9.0 | 1.8 | |
1961 | 8,903 | 147.4 | 13.4 | |
1974 | 16,619 | 86.7 | 6.7 | |
1988 | 28,153 | 69.4 | 5.0 | |
2001 | 37,824 | 34.4 | 2.6 | |
2013 | 45,639 | 20.7 | 1.7 | |
2018 (est.) | 47,510 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
Marcovia has 20 Villages (Aldeas) and 140 Hamlets.