Yuscarán (Spanish: Yuscarán) is a city in the central part of Honduras, the administrative center of the department of El Paraiso.
It is located 65 km from the capital of Honduras – Tegucigalpa. This quaint town was a major mining center in the 18th and 19th centuries, first for the Spanish crown and, after independence, for American mining companies.

In 1979, the city was declared a national monument by the Honduran government. Today, more than 200 colonial houses have survived, paying tribute to the historical past of Yuskaran.

In Yuscaran, the alcoholic drink “quaro” is made from sugar beets, known as “burning water” (“aguardiente”, or simply “guaro”).

History
The city was founded in 1730 by Spanish colonists. After the discovery in 1746 in the vicinity of deposits of gold, silver and other precious metals, the city began to flourish. This period determined the architecture of Yuskarana, in the traditional, Spanish, colonial style of the 19th century.
Years of exploitation by the Spanish, and later by the North American mining companies, brought both advantages and disadvantages. Yuscaran was a wealthy mining town and one of the most influential cities in Honduras. In Yuscaran, in 1898, electricity was installed earlier than in other cities of Honduras, including the capital Tegucigalpa. Due to its economic importance, in 1869 the city became the administrative center of the department of El Paraiso. However, after the mining stopped and most of the foreigners left the city, Yuskaran fell into disrepair.

With the decline of the mining industry, the city began to prosper again thanks to the production of the alcoholic drink “quaro” (“gauro” or “aguardiente”). In 1939, a factory was founded that produces this drink to this day, being the main employer for the city’s residents.
After the city was awarded the status of a national monument in 1979, tourism began to develop in the city.

The city is also famous for the fact that it was in it, having arrived from Europe, that Juan Batista Morazan, the grandfather of Francisco Morazan, the national hero of Honduras and Central America, settled.