15°19′N 87°42′W / 15.317°N 87.700°W / 15.317; -87.700

El Negrito
Municipality
El Negrito Location in Honduras
Coordinates: 15°19′N 87°42′W / 15.317°N 87.700°W / 15.317; -87.700
Country	Honduras
Department	Yoro
Villages	29
Area
• Municipality	565 km2 (218 sq mi)
Population  (2023 projection)[1]
• Municipality	50,550
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
• Urban	20,646
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (Central America)
Climate	Aw

El Negrito (Spanish pronunciation: [el neˈɣɾito]) is a town, with an urban population of 13,260 (2023),^[2] and a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras.

Villages

El Negrito has a total of 29 villages:

• Aldea Paujiles Norte
• Battán
• Campo Perdeíz
• Cerro Prieto No.1
• Cerro Prieto No.2
• El Jocomico
• El Junco
• El Naranjo
• El Negrito
• El Pate
• El Robledal
• El Rodeo
• Estero Indio
• Finca Treinta and Cinco
• Finca Treinta and Seis
• Guangolola 1
• Guangolola 2
• Guaymón No.1
• La Laguna
• La Majada
• La Veinte and Nueve
• La Veinte and Ocho
• Las Delicias
• Nueva San Antonio
• Samar
• San Jerónimo
• San José del Negrito
• Toyos
• Villa del Carmen and Treinta and Siete

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, El Negrito municipality had a population of 45,363. Of these, 95.35% were Mestizo, 3.33% White, 1.03% Indigenous (0.50% Tolupan, 0.19% Lenca, 0.15% Chʼortiʼ, 0.11% Nahua), 0.24% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.05% others.^[3]