Xoxonal

Xoxonal, later known as Ojojona, lies in the mountains south of Tegucigalpa. Its Nahuatl name has been interpreted as a place of greenish water. The district became associated with gold and silver mining under Spanish rule, including the mines of Guasucarán. By the late sixteenth century Ojojona formed part of the mining jurisdiction of Tegucigalpa, amid the wooded hills and valleys of central Honduras.