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Honduras". This is a rural community with natural attractions such as waterfalls, cloud forests, and canyons. The cooperative consists of a group of guides, comedores (cafeterias), guest house owners, horse owners, site owners, and a visitor's center. Guided tours are offered on horseback and community members have also been trained to give coffee roasting demonstrations, local artisan workshops, and sugar cane production demonstrations.
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The Opalaca Biological Reserve is located in the area and a number of creeks flow through the valley. Due to the attractions in the area, a community group of leaders have established the first Rural Tourism Cooperative in the country, offering packages for tourists wanting to see "the Real
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There are buses leaving Gracias and La Esperanza on a daily basis for San Juan. There are Moto-taxis transporting tourists and locals around the village. Some tourists prefer to hitchhike between the towns, which is the standard mode or transportation in the region.
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in the town's center next to a massive ceibo tree. The primary source of income for community members comes from the numerous coffee farms that can be found throughout the region. The main coffee cooperatives are FUNDECASA producing
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is also becoming popular in and around San Juan - a thermal spring outside of San Juan has been developed for tourist use.
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At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, San Juan municipality had a population of 13,405. Of these, 66.78% were
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groups in the areas surrounding the village center. There is an old
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
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San Juan is located in Honduras
14°24′N 88°25′W / 14.400°N 88.417°W / 14.400; -88.417
Country
Honduras
Department
Intibucá
Municipality number
Honduras
Gracias
La Esperanza
Intibucá
Spanish
Santa Rosa de Copan
Marcala
La Paz
Lenca
Catholic Church
Spanish

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