El Paraíso is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.
Formed in 1878 from part of Tegucigalpa Department.
The departmental capital is Yuscarán.
El Paraíso department covers a total surface area of 7218 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 383,565
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