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City profile · Honduras · North America

Lepaera

Lempira Department · Honduras
City population
37,876
#22
in Honduras
#1
in Lempira Department
#14,648
worldwide
TegucigalpaLepaera
14.779, -88.590 · 168 km from Tegucigalpa
City population
37,876
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Honduras
#22
of 64 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#14,648
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Honduras
0.3%
of the national population

About Lepaera

Lepaera is a city in Lempira Department, Honduras with a population of 37,876. It is the 22nd largest of the 64 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Honduras, and the 14,648th largest worldwide. It lies 168 km from Tegucigalpa.

Position in Honduras
#22of 64
LargestSmallest
Position in Lempira Department
#1of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Honduras
Region
Lempira Department
Rank in region
#1of 3
Distance to capital
168 km
to Tegucigalpa
Elevation
959 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Tegucigalpa
Coordinates
14.779, -88.590
Record updated
2026-06-09
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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All 64 in Honduras

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