Silca is a municipality in the Olancho Department of central Honduras. As of 2023, its population was estimated at 8,354.
History.
The time in which it was founded is unknown. In 1684, it is known that it already existed. In 1878, it was given the category of Municipality.
According to the Historian of Silca during an interview done by “GuayapeTV” he said that the History of the people of Silca started first when it was inhabited by Indigenous tribes. after the conquest of the Spanish, Silca was a center for runaway Africans who escaped captivity, many of them being from The Belgian Congo, and Senegal. According to the Historian, the people of Silca are descendants of Spaniards, Congolese people, and Indigenous Americans. That is the reason people who are from Silca are called Congos.