DanlÃÂ 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 ParaÃÂso known for its production of cigars and corn (maize). The city is situated at an altitude of 814 meters (2,673 feet) above sea level and has a population of 80,200 (2023 calculation) The population of the municipality (2018) is 214,566 people which is composed of 105,929 men and 108,637 women.ÃÂ With a population in the urban area of 85,075 people and in the rural area of 129,491 people.
The official flower is the napoleón, a type of bougainvillea. The official tree is the jiñicuado (bursera simaruba). The official mammal is the howler monkey, an endangered species that inhabits the broad-leaf forests of the ApagüÃÂz and Apapuerta mountains.
The region also has pine forests. Other fauna around DanlÃÂ include deer and several species of birds, such as the oropendula, parrot and mynah. Residents of rural areas near DanlÃÂ have reported jaguar and quetzal sightings.
A landmark is the mountain of ApagüÃÂz, which has a prominent stone outcropping near the summit and is visible from the southern parts of the city.
The notorious Centro Penal de Danlàallows its inmates to enforce their own rules. Prisons in Honduras are in general desperately overcrowded â 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.
Since 2017, the city is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of DanlÃÂ, a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa.