Danlí, El Paraíso


Danlí is a city and a municipality in Honduras. It is currently the fourth most populated municipality in Honduras, located approximately 92 kilometers southeast of Tegucigalpa, in the Honduran department of El Paraíso known for its production of cigars and corn. The city is situated at an altitude of 814 meters above sea level and has a population of 80,200 The population of the municipality is 214,566 people which is composed of 105,929 men and 108,637 women.  With a population in the urban area of 85,075 people and in the rural area of 129,491 people.

Nature

The official flower is the napoleón, a type of bougainvillea. The official tree is the jiñicuado. The official mammal is the howler monkey, an endangered species that inhabits the broad-leaf forests of the Apagüíz and Apapuerta mountains.
The region also has pine forests. Other fauna around Danlí include deer and several species of birds, such as the oropendula, parrot and mynah. Residents of rural areas near Danlí have reported jaguar and quetzal sightings.
A landmark is the mountain of Apagüíz, which has a prominent stone outcropping near the summit and is visible from the southern parts of the city.

Danli Prison

The notorious Centro Penal de Danlí allows its inmates to enforce their own rules. Prisons in Honduras are in general desperately overcrowded – in September 2019 reports disclosed that they operated at 204% of their capacity. More than half of the detainees are still waiting for their court hearing and Law enforcement in Honduras is underfunded to an extent that escapes, drug abuse and corruption are common and even riots and target killings often cannot be prevented.

Roman Catholic Suffragan Diocese

Since 2017, the city is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí, a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa.

Notable Person from Danlí, El Paraíso