"Yoro is one of the 18 departments into with the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends. The departmental capital is Yoro. The department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km\u00B2 and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people."@en . . .