San Andrés, Lempira San Andrés, Lempira San Andrés is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. It is notable as the principal site in Honduras for the mining of andesite opals from Las Colinas deposit near Sosoal, which is in the municipality. This mining is largely performed by artisanal miners, rather than on an industrial scale. It is approximately 120 km from Gracias city. It is about 1 hour away from Erandique city. In the census of 1801 it was known as "Guaxinlaca" village, under the delegation of "Gracias a Dios". In the national division of 1889, it appeared as a municipality
La Unión, Lempira La Unión, Lempira La Unión is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. It is one of the smallest municipalities of the Lempira department; travel to La Unión is a challenge. One way is to go 75 km from Gracias city on the common road for La Iguala and San Rafael, about 3 km before San Rafael is a left turn. An additional 13 km must be travelled. Another way is via Santa Bárbara-El Nispero-San Jerónimo-San Rafael-La Unión; the first 3 locations are in Santa Bárbara department. Formerly La Unión was a village called "Pueblo Nuevo", in the jurisdiction