Esquilinchuche

El Esquilinchuche is a small village in the municipality of Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras.

El Esquilinchuche sits on a low rise that forms the banks of the flood plain of the Guayape river that lies approximately 2 km to the south during the dry season, but comes to within 400 m during the annual monsoon floods.

Esquilinchuche is connected to the main Olancho highway from Jutiquile, via a loop consisting of 10 km of dirt road, passing through the other small towns of San Marcos de Jutiquile, and El Portrero de Casas, then through Esquilinchuche, continuing to loop back to the main highway via the highway junction closer to Catacamas leading through the small town of Arimis, by 6 km of dirt road. The villages of Las Tablas and La Pusunca can also be accessed through a connecting road junction in San Marcos de Jutiquile.

A temporary wooden toll bridge is set up every year during the dry season south of Esquilinchuche crossing the Guayape River and taken down during the wet season when the river grows from one that can be waded to a torrent that is often over 1 km in width.

Esquilinchuche is loosely governed by a local group of village elders known as the 'patronato'. There are no governmental offices of any kind to be found in Esquilinchuche or the surrounding small towns.

El Esquilinchuche is known by its residents to be named for a large tree with sparse long leaves (approximately 1.5 x 8 inch) and prominent white five petaled flowers that once grew in abundance in the town. The Esquilinchuche tree has a very soft wood and is identifiable by the milky sap that oozes out when any branch is cut. Today there are no Esquilinchuche trees in El Esquilinchuche. The tree is said to be named for Esquiline Hill, one of the famous seven hills of Ancient Rome.

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