The Indigenous Groups In Honduras.

This map shows where these ethnic groups live in Honduras today

        Honduras is one of the most diverse nation in Central America.  There are 10 distinctive ethnic groups, including five indigenous and five emerged from pose -Conquest mixing and immigration.  

        One of main group are ladinos or mestizos, people are descended from intermixing among European explorers and the indigenous people they encountered. Mestizos accounts for over 93% percent of the total population of Honduras. Besides mestizo, there are other groups who from native tribes that were in territory before the Spanish arrived. They are Lencas, Tolupanes, Pechs, Chortis, Miskitos and Garifunas. 

        The Lenca is Honduras' largest indigenous group, and about 300,594 of the total population of Honduras. They have descended from Chibcha speaking Amerindians of present-day Colombia who immigrated to Honduras around 3000 years ago.

        The Chorti is the 3rd largest Honduras's indigenous group, probably around 37,052 of the total population of Honduras.These people live in the Copan Valley, they are descended from the builder of the great Copan temples. Today, Chorti group are overly poor, due to the drugs and alcohol, land loss and unemployment problems.       
        The Pech and Tawahka indigenous groups are both found deep in the interior of La Moskitia and they have a common history background. Both groups descended from the Chibcha-speaking migration from South America around 1000 BC. The Pech community are about 4,138 of the total population of Honduras and the Tawahka are around 473,530. 

The Lenca is Honduras' largest indigenous group, and about 300,594 of the total population of Honduras. They have descended from Chibcha speaking Amerindians of present-day Colombia who immigrated to Honduras around 3000 years ago.

The Chorti is the 3rd largest Honduras's indigenous group, probably around 37,052 of the total population of Honduras.These people live in the Copan Valley, they are descended from the builder of the great Copan temples. Today, Chorti group are overly poor, due to the drugs and alcohol, land loss and unemployment problems.

 The Pech and Tawahka indigenous groups are both found deep in the interior of La Moskitia and they have a common history background. Both groups descended from the Chibcha-speaking migration from South America around 1000 BC. The Pech community are about 4,138 of the total population of Honduras and the Tawahka are around 473,530.