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HondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras...
is currently divided into 18
departmentsIn the terminology of political geography and historiography a national department is an administrative political subdivision of a country established by the cognizant government authority holding sovereign power for the territory....
(departamentos). Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.
Population data source: http://www.ine-hn.org/censo2001/p19.pdf
1825: The constitutional congress convened in that year orders that the state be divided into seven departments: Comayagua, Santa Bárbara, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, Yoro, Olancho, and Gracias (later renamed Lempira).
1834: An extraordinary constitutional assembly reduces the number of departments to four: this attempt fails to prosper, and the 1825 division remains in force.
1869: Congress orders the creation of the departments of La Paz (broken away from Comayagua), El Paraíso (from Tegucigalpa and Olancho), Copán (from Gracias), and La Mosquitia (from Yoro).
1872: A department called Victoria is ordered to be split from Choluteca, but this never comes into effect.
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Guatemala City
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Santa Ana, El Salvador
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n nation of
HondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras...
is currently divided into 18
departmentsIn the terminology of political geography and historiography a national department is an administrative political subdivision of a country established by the cognizant government authority holding sovereign power for the territory....
(departamentos). Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.
Departments of Honduras
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Atlántida Atlántida is a department located on the north Caribbean shore of Honduras, Central America. The capital is the port city of La Ceiba.In the past decades the tourism took over to become the most important legitimate economic source for the coastal area. In 2005 it had an estimated population of...
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La CeibaLa Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean Sea forming part of the south eastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras...
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344,099 |
4,251 |
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Choluteca Choluteca is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. It is the southernmost department of Honduras, bordering the Gulf of Fonseca to the west and the Republic of Nicaragua to the east and south.The departmental capital is city of Choluteca...
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CholutecaCholuteca is a municipality and the capital city of the Honduran department of the same name. Situated in southern Honduras between El Salvador and Nicaragua, the city is generally considered the regional center of southern Honduras and is a major transit point on the Pan-American Highway...
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390,805 |
4,211 |
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Colón Colón is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. It was created in 1881. The departmental capital is Trujillo, and the other main city is Tocoa...
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TrujilloTrujillo is a city and a municipality on the northern Caribbean coast of the Honduran department of Colón, of which the city is the capital. The municipality has a population of about 30,000 . The city is located on a bluff overlooking the Bay of Trujillo. Behind the city rise two prominent...
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246,708 |
8,875 |
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Comayagua Comayagua is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.The departmental capital is Comayagua.The department covers a total surface area of 5,196...
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ComayaguaComayagua is a city in Honduras, some 80 km northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula at an elevation of 594 meters above sea level. In 2003 the estimated population was 60,000 people. It is the capital of the Comayagua department of Honduras. The city is noted for its wealth...
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352,881 |
5,196 |
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Copán Copán is one of the departments in the western part of Honduras. The departmental capital is the town of Santa Rosa de Copán. The department is well-known for its tobacco and fine cigars....
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Santa Rosa de CopánSanta Rosa de Copán is the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is set at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level....
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288,766 |
3,203 |
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CortésCortés is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of 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...
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San Pedro SulaSan 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 Cortés on the Caribbean Sea...
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1,202,510 |
3,954 |
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El Paraíso El Paraíso is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.Formed in 1878 from part of Tegucigalpa Department.The departmental capital is Yuscarán....
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Yuscarán Yuscarán is the capital of the El Paraíso department of Honduras, located 65 kilometers from Tegucigalpa. This quaint village was a major mining center in the 18th and 19th centuries, first for the Spanish Crown and later for U.S. mining companies...
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350,054 |
7,218 |
| 8. |
Francisco Morazán Francisco Morazán is one of the departments of Honduras.It is located in the central part of the nation. The departmental capital is Tegucigalpa, which is also Honduras's national capital. Until 1943 it was known as Tegucigalpa department...
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Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa is the capital city of Honduras and is also the country's largest city. Tegucigalpa is also the capital of Honduras's Francisco Morazán department.-Etymology of the name:...
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1,180,676 |
7,946 |
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Gracias a Dios Gracias a Dios is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Puerto Lempira; until 1975 it was Brus Laguna...
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Puerto Lempira Puerto Lempira is the capital of the Gracias a Dios department of Honduras. It is located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon, and is named for the 16th century leader of the indigenous Lenca peoples, Lempira, who directed an ultimately unsuccessful resistance against the Spanish conquistador...
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67,384 |
16,630 |
| 10. |
Intibucá Intibucá is a department in Honduras.The departmental capital is the town of La Esperanza.Intibucá department covers a total surface area of 3,072 km² and, in2005, had a population of about 202,140 people....
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La Esperanza La Esperanza is a municipality in the Honduran department of Intibucá and the capital city of the department.Situated in the high forests of western Honduras, La Esperanza has the coolest climate of all Honduras' cities. In actuality, La Esperanza and Intibuca are neighboring cities with...
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179,862 |
3,072 |
| 11. |
Islas de la BahíaIslas de la Bahía is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Coxen Hole, on the island of Roatán....
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RoatánRoatán, located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja , is the largest of Honduras' Bay Islands. The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan...
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38,073 |
261 |
| 12. |
La Paz La Paz is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.The departmental capital is the city of La Paz.The department covers a total surface area of 2,331...
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La Paz La Paz is the capital city of the La Paz Department of Honduras....
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156,560 |
2,331 |
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Lempira Lempira is one of the 18 departments of Honduras Central America, located in the western part of the country with borders with El Salvador. It was named Gracias department until 1943, and the departmental capital is Gracias....
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Gracias |
250,067 |
4,290 |
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Ocotepeque Ocotepeque is one of the 18 departments of Honduras, Central America, located in the West and bordering both El Salvador and Guatemala. It was formed in 1906 from part of Copán department...
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Nueva Ocotepeque Nueva Ocotepeque is a city in south west Honduras. It is the capital city of the Ocotepeque department of Honduras.Nuevo Ocotopeque was settled in 1935 after the site of the former town of Ocotepeque was destroyed by flooding....
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108,029 |
1,680 |
| 15. |
Olancho Olancho is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. It is the largest of all the departments, and Hondurans frequently point out that the department is larger than the neighboring Republic of El Salvador...
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Juticalpa |
419,561 |
24,351 |
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Santa Bárbara Santa Bárbara is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.The departmental capital is Santa Bárbara.The department covers a total surface area of 5,115...
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Santa Bárbara Santa Bárbara is the capital city of the Santa Bárbara department of Honduras....
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342,054 |
5,115 |
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Valle Valle is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.The departmental capital is Nacaome. The department faces the Gulf of Fonseca and contains mangrove swamps; inland, it is very hot and dry....
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Nacaome Nacaome is the capital city of the Valle department of Honduras. It is a manufacturing and commercial center located on the Nacaome River.Nacaome is an old city founded when aboriginal Cholulas and Chaparrastiques, tired of fighting each other, thought it best to join together to built new houses...
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151,841 |
1,565 |
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Yoro Yoro is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends....
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Yoro Yoro is the capital city of the Yoro department of Honduras....
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465,414 |
7,939 |
Population data source: http://www.ine-hn.org/censo2001/p19.pdf
Evolution of Honduras's territorial organization
1825: The constitutional congress convened in that year orders that the state be divided into seven departments: Comayagua, Santa Bárbara, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, Yoro, Olancho, and Gracias (later renamed Lempira).
1834: An extraordinary constitutional assembly reduces the number of departments to four: this attempt fails to prosper, and the 1825 division remains in force.
1869: Congress orders the creation of the departments of La Paz (broken away from Comayagua), El Paraíso (from Tegucigalpa and Olancho), Copán (from Gracias), and La Mosquitia (from Yoro).
1872: A department called Victoria is ordered to be split from Choluteca, but this never comes into effect. Islas de la Bahía department is founded (the islands were ceded to Honduras by the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
in 1860).
1881: Parts of Yoro and La Mosquitia are separated to form Colón department.
1883: Intibucá department is formed from sections of La Paz and Gracias.
1893: Valle department (split from Choluteca) and Cortés department (split from Santa Bárbara) are created.
1902: Parts of Yoro and Colón are taken to form the new department of Atlántida.
1906: Ocotepeque department is created by dividing the territory of Copán.
1957: Colón is divided in two to create Gracias a Dios department.
See also
- Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras...
- Municipalities of Honduras
The 18 departments of Honduras are divided into 298 municipalities . Municipalities have elected mayors , as opposed to the appointed governors of departments. For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into 3731 aldeas, and those into 27969 caserios...
- List of Honduras-related topics
- ISO 3166-2:HN
ISO 3166-2:HN is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of Honduras .Currently 18 departments are assigned codes...
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