Santa Rita is a town and a municipality in the Honduran department of Yoro.

[2][3] The town of Santa Rita has a population of 15,230 (2023 calculation).

It later became the village of Santa Rita El Negrito.

The place was established as a town in 1959 with part of the municipality of El Negrito.

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Santa Rita municipality had a population of 20,301.