Pimienta is a town, with a population of 13,530 (2023 calculation),[2] and a municipality in the Honduran department of Cortés.

In the 1895 national census, Pimienta belonged to the municipality of Potrerillos.

[4] In 1924, with the opening of a railway bridge connecting Potrerillos, Pimienta became a place of great commercial growth, thus inducing banana producing companies to set up a pay office there.

[3] Pimienta is bounded by the municipalities of San Manuel to the north, Villanueva to the north and west, Potrerillos to the south, and El Progreso, Yoro Department, to the east.

Its climate is predominantly hot, with the warmest months being March and June.