Departments of Honduras

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The Central American nation of Honduras is currently divided into 18 departments (departamentos). Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.

1 Departments of Honduras
2 Departments of Honduras by population
3 Evolution of Honduras's territorial organization
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Departments of Honduras

	Department	Department capital	Population (2001)
1.	Atlántida	La Ceiba	344,099
2.	Choluteca	Choluteca	390,805
3.	Colón	Trujillo	246,708
4.	Comayagua	Comayagua	352,881
5.	Copán	Santa Rosa de Copán	288,766
6.	Cortés	San Pedro Sula	1,202,510
7.	El Paraíso	Yuscarán	350,054
8.	Francisco Morazán	Tegucigalpa	1,180,676
9.	Gracias a Dios	Puerto Lempira	67,384
10.	Intibucá	La Esperanza	179,862
11.	Islas de la Bahía	Roatán	38,073
12.	La Paz	La Paz	156,560
13.	Lempira	Gracias	250,067
14.	Ocotepeque	Nueva Octopeque	108,029
15.	Olancho	Juticalpa	419,561
16.	Santa Bárbara	Santa Bárbara	342,054
17.	Valle	Nacaome	151,841
18.	Yoro	Yoro	465,414

Population data source: http://www.ine-hn.org/censo2001/p19.pdf

[edit] Departments of Honduras by population

Rank	Map	Department	Department capital	Population (2001)
1	6	Cortés	San Pedro Sula	1,202,510
2	8	Francisco Morazán	Tegucigalpa	1,180,676
3	18	Yoro	Yoro	465,414
4	15	Olancho	Juticalpa	419,561
5	2	Choluteca	Choluteca	390,805
6	4	Comayagua	Comayagua	352,881
7	7	El Paraíso	Yuscarán	350,054
8	1	Atlántida	La Ceiba	344,099
9	16	Santa Bárbara	Santa Bárbara	342,054
10	5	Copán	Santa Rosa de Copán	288,766
11	13	Lempira	Gracias	250,067
12	3	Colón	Trujillo	246,708
13	10	Intibucá	La Esperanza	179,862
14	12	La Paz	La Paz	156,560
15	17	Valle	Nacaome	151,841
16	14	Ocotepeque	Nueva Octopeque	108,029
17	9	Gracias a Dios	Puerto Lempira	67,384
18	11	Islas de la Bahía	Roatán	38,073

[edit] 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 Kingdom 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.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[1]: Statoids: Departments of Honduras

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