San Francisco (Atlantis)

San Francisco is a municipality in the department of Atlántida in the Republic of Honduras. As of July 2020, it had an estimated population of 16,315 inhabitants.

Limits

The municipality of San Francisco is located in the northern region of Honduras, in the center of the department of Atlántida (Politically and administratively it belongs to the department of Atlántida).

San Francisco has an area of 284.34 km²

History

On January 14, 1903, the municipality of San Francisco was founded; According to data found in the National Archive of Honduras. At the beginning, the place was a village called and registered as El Jimerito that belonged to the jurisdiction of the municipality of El Porvenir. This village (first village) was colonized due to being in a banana area, which was later called 'Frisco', with the first inhabitants being people who came mainly from the municipalities of Olanchito and Arenal, in the department of Yoro.

When the municipality of San Francisco was created, its jurisdiction covered everything that is today the municipality of La Másica, part of the municipality of Esparta. The municipality of San Francisco reached its greatest economic boom when the American banana company Vaccaro Bros Society operated.

In 1926, the political government established the limits or separation of La Masica de San Francisco, Atlántida. When the municipality of San Francisco was created.

In 1950 the first building was built and rebuilt in 1982 with Mr. Marshall Hall being the municipal mayor. The majority of the authorities have been originally from Santa Ana and San Francisco. It operated where today is the social center which in the eighties and nineties of the XX century, was the "Saint Francis of Assisi Institute. It is worth mentioning that the 'John F. Kennedy School of Agriculture' currently operates here. previously Normal Mixed.

Its current Municipal Mayor is Enrique Matute. From 2014 to the Present.

Politics

Integration of Municipal Corporation 2022-2026

Post	Officer	Political party
Mayor	Enrique Alejandro Matute Meza	Freedom and Refoundation
Vicealcalde	Lesvia Yaqueline Mejía Portillo	Freedom and Refoundation
Regidor 1	Brenda Beatriz Castellanos Sabillón	Freedom and Refoundation
Regidor 2	Amilcar Rodríguez Franco	Freedom and Refoundation
Regidor 3	Martha Patricia Montes Gámez	National Party
Regidor 4	Ana Lidia Canales Hernández	Freedom and Refoundation
Regidor 5	José María Portillo Sanches	National Party
Regidor 6	José Wilfredo Mena Calderini	Freedom and Refoundation
Regidor 7	Bessy Lastenia Cruz Ramírez	National Party
Regidor 8	Carlos Alberto Bardales Moradel	Liberal Party

Political Division

• Villages: 12 (2013)
• Caseros: 63 (2013)

The urban center of the Municipal capital consists of 8 neighborhoods and 6 colonies, being Barrio el Parque the oldest since it dates back to 1903, constituting the center of the town and where the church, the central park and the old municipal offices were located.