San Esteban, Honduras

San Esteban
Municipality
San Esteban
Coordinates: 15°12′45″N 85°46′10″W / 15.21250°N 85.76944°W / 15.21250; -85.76944
Country Honduras
Department Olancho
Villages22
Area
  Total
1,962.34 km2 (757.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
  Total
26,187
  Density13/km2 (35/sq mi)
ClimateAm

San Esteban is a municipality in the northeast of the Honduran department of Olancho, west of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, east of Gualaco and north of Catacamas. Costa Rican author Oscar Núñez Oliva set his 2000 novel Los Gallos de San Esteban in the municipality.