Intibucá (department)

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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, in 2001, had a population of about 180,000 people.

Intibucá was formed in 1883; it was formerly part of the departments of La Paz and Gracias. According to the 1895 census, it had a population of 18,957 in that year.

[edit] Municipalities

1. Camasca
2. Colomoncagua
3. Concepción
4. Dolores
5. Intibucá
6. Jesús de Otoro
7. La Esperanza
8. Magdalena
9. Masaguara
10. San Antonio
11. San Francisco de Opalaca
12. San Isidro
13. San Juan
14. San Marco de Sierra
15. San Miguelito
16. Santa Lucía
17. Yamaranguila

Departments of Honduras
Atlántida • Bay Islands • Choluteca • Colón • Comayagua • Copán • Cortés • El Paraíso • Francisco Morazán • Gracias a Dios • Intibucá • La Paz • Lempira • Ocotepeque • Olancho • Santa Bárbara • Valle • Yoro