The town is located near the border of El Salvador and is a regional Hammock making center.

The town's technical school "Instituto Tecnico John F. Kennedy" was built by the Peace Corps.

[citation needed] The main town has a moderate sized market that expands greatly on Sundays when villagers come to town to sell crops or goods.

There are buses traveling to: Amatillo, Nacaome, Choluteca, Monjaras, Cedeño, Buena vista, Tegucigalpa, El Progreso and so on.

[citation needed] At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Langue municipality had a population of 20,944.