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Sabanagrande is a municipality in Francisco Morazán, Honduras, Central America. It is nestled in rugged mountains on the main highway 42 kilometers directly south of the Honduran capital of Teguicigalpa. It boasts a beautiful colonial era church that provides evidence for the city's claim to have existed as early as 1600. In colonial times it was a mining center, extracting mostly silver and gold.

History
Sabanagrande is the site of the first battle of the Central American Union on November 11, 1827, in which General Francisco Morazán defeated General Justo Milla at the Battle of La Trinidad.

The cathedral was built under the direction of Rose Brothers (of Spanish origin) in 1809 and was rebuilt in 1877. In it is a replica of the Lord of Esquipulas, which was donated to the people and government of Honduras by the Lord President of Guatemala Vinicio Cerezo.

Until the early 1960s Sabanagrande was the commercial center of all the surrounding towns, losing this space when the Pan-American Highway was built to facilitate the transfer to Tegucigalpa.

Natural Resources
Results of a Strategic Environmental Analysis show that the municipality's natural resources are highly degraded. This is largely due to farming based on the traditional technique of Rose and Burns, as well as the consumption of wood for the manufacture of pottery, bread, and donuts. This has led to severe deforestation, which coupled with the irregular topography, inevitably led to the impoverishment of soil fertility and stability, as well as the ability to capture and retain water in the soil. This has had a severe effect on agricultural productivity and availability of water. Hurricane Mitch demonstrated the high fragility of the soil by creating massive landslides that caused the loss of lives and property.

Weather
Sabanagrande has basically two climatic periods during the year, dry (November to April, known as summer time) and rainy (May to October, known as winter). The temperature varies between 18º C in December to 32º C in March-April.

Altitude
The center of the city is located 959 meters above sea level. The altitude ranges from 445 meters in the field of Lajas in Los Nanzales River (south) to 1300 m in the area of Cerro Mesa Grande (north).

Economics
Over time Sabanagrande has become a bedroom community since a growing number of professionals commute to the capital for work. However, baking rosquillas(ros-key-az)remains one of the principle economic activities of Sabanagrande. These crunchy corn and cheese wreaths, about 2" across, are baked outdoors in beehive pottery ovens. Sabanagrande rosquillas, baked mainly by women, have a national reputation, and orders are even sometimes placed from abroad.

Sabanagrande is home to a variety of small businesses such as restaurants, canteens, fast food stalls (booths), general stores, and hardware stores that sell necessities to the basic population, passersby, and visitors. The restaurant El Ocotal is famous for its adjacent zoo.

Basic grains (corn and beans) are farmed in very small areas near the city, usually immediately after the winter in order to seize the remaining surface in creeks and rivers. Fruit is mainly cultivated in the home garden (patio or kitchen garden). Among the major crops are mango, avocado, plum or Jocote, and citrus.