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Cortés is one of the 18 departments
Departments of Honduras

||-||}The Central American nation of Honduras is currently divided into 18 Department . Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the List of Presidents of Honduras....
  into which the Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
n nation of Honduras
Honduras

Honduras is a democratic republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras ....
 is divided. The department covers a total surface area of 3,954 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 1,365,497 people, making it the most populous department in Honduras. The Merendón Mountains
Sierra del Merendón

Sierra del Merend?n is a mountain range extending on the eastern border of Guatemala and Honduras. Its south-western border is marked by the Lempa River valley, it's northern border by the Motagua River valley....
 rise in western Cortés, but the department is mostly a tropical lowland, the Sula Valley, crossed by the Ulúa and Chamelecon rivers.

It was created in 1893 from parts of the departments of Santa Bárbara
Santa Bárbara (department)

Santa B?rbara is one of the 18 Departments of Honduras into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.The departmental capital is Santa B?rbara, Honduras....
 and Yoro
Yoro

Yoro is the capital city of the Yoro department of Honduras....
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Cortés is one of the 18 departments
Departments of Honduras

||-||}The Central American nation of Honduras is currently divided into 18 Department . Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the List of Presidents of Honduras....
  into which the Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
n nation of Honduras
Honduras

Honduras is a democratic republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras ....
 is divided. The department covers a total surface area of 3,954 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 1,365,497 people, making it the most populous department in Honduras. The Merendón Mountains
Sierra del Merendón

Sierra del Merend?n is a mountain range extending on the eastern border of Guatemala and Honduras. Its south-western border is marked by the Lempa River valley, it's northern border by the Motagua River valley....
 rise in western Cortés, but the department is mostly a tropical lowland, the Sula Valley, crossed by the Ulúa and Chamelecon rivers.

It was created in 1893 from parts of the departments of Santa Bárbara
Santa Bárbara (department)

Santa B?rbara is one of the 18 Departments of Honduras into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.The departmental capital is Santa B?rbara, Honduras....
 and Yoro
Yoro

Yoro is the capital city of the Yoro department of Honduras....
. The departmental capital is San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula

San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cort?s on the Caribbean Sea....
. Main cities also include Choloma
Choloma

Choloma is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department. The mayor is Polo Crivelli. It is the sixth largest city in Honduras....
, La Lima
La Lima

La Lima is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department. It is home to the corporate headquarters of the Tela Railroad Company, a subsidiary of Chiquita....
, Villanueva
Villanueva

Villanueva may refer to:...
, and the sea ports of Puerto Cortés
Puerto Cortés

Puerto Cort?s is a city in the Cort?s department of Honduras....
 and Omoa
Omoa

Omoa is a town and a Municipalities of Honduras in the Cort?s department of the Central American country of Honduras. Omoa is located on a small bay of the same name 18 km....
. The Atlantic coast of the Department of Cortés is known for its many excellent beaches.

Cortés is the economic heartland of Honduras, as the Sula Valley is the country's main agricultural and industrial region. US banana companies arrived in the area in the late 19th Century, and established vast plantations, as well as infrastructure to ship the fruit to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. San Pedro Sula attracted substantial numbers of European, Central American, and Palestinian and Lebanese
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 immigrants. Industry flourishes in the department, and Cortés today hosts most of the country's assembly plants, known as maquilas
Maquiladora

A maquiladora or maquila is a factory that imports materials and equipment on a duty-free and tariff basis for assembly or manufacturing and then re-exports the assembled product, usually back to the originating country....
.

Municipalities
Municipalities of Honduras

The 18 Departments of Honduras of Honduras are divided into 298 municipality . Municipalities have elected mayors , as opposed to the appointed governors of departments....


  1. Choloma
    Choloma

    Choloma is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department. The mayor is Polo Crivelli. It is the sixth largest city in Honduras....
  2. La Lima
    La Lima

    La Lima is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department. It is home to the corporate headquarters of the Tela Railroad Company, a subsidiary of Chiquita....
  3. Omoa
  4. Pimienta
  5. Potrerillos
    Potrerillos, Cortés

    Potrerillos is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department....
  6. Puerto Cortés
  7. San Antonio de Cortés
    San Antonio de Cortés

    San Antonio de Cort?s is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department....
  8. San Francisco de Yojoa
    San Francisco de Yojoa

    San Francisco de Yojoa is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department.Religion: Mostly Christians. Jehova witness or Baptist....
  9. San Manuel
    San Manuel, Cortés

    San Manuel is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department....
  10. San Pedro Sula
  11. Santa Cruz de Yojoa
    Santa Cruz de Yojoa

    Santa Cruz de Yojoa is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department. Santa Cruz de Yojoa is located approximately 50 miles south of San Pedro Sula on top of a large hillside on the way to the dam that supplies power to many Central American cities....
  12. Villanueva
    Villanueva, Cortés

    Villanueva is a municipality in the Honduras Departments of Honduras of Cort?s department. Sugar cane is cultivated in the area....


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