Depairtments o Honduras

The Central American naition o Honduras is currently dividit intae 18 depairtments (departamentos). Each depairtment is heidit bi a govrenor, who is appointit bi the Preses o Honduras.

Depairtments o Honduras

	Depairtment	Depairtment caipital	Population (2001)	Aurie (km2)
1.	Atlántida	La Ceiba	344,099	4,251
2.	Choluteca	Choluteca	390,805	4,211
3.	Colón	Trujillo	246,708	8,875
4.	Comayagua	Comayagua	352,881	5,196
5.	Copán	Santa Rosa de Copán	288,766	3,203
6.	Cortés	San Pedro Sula	1,202,510	3,954
7.	El Paraíso	Yuscarán	350,054	7,218
8.	Francisco Morazán	Tegucigalpa	1,180,676	7,946
9.	Gracias a Dios	Puerto Lempira	67,384	16,630
10.	Intibucá	La Esperanza	179,862	3,072
11.	Islas de la Bahía	Roatán	38,073	261
12.	La Paz	La Paz	156,560	2,331
13.	Lempira	Gracias	250,067	4,290
14.	Ocotepeque	Nueva Ocotepeque	108,029	1,680
15.	Olancho	Juticalpa	419,561	24,351
16.	Santa Bárbara	Santa Bárbara	342,054	5,115
17.	Valle	Nacaome	151,841	1,565
18.	Yoro	Yoro	465,414	7,939

Population data source: http://www.ine-hn.org/censo2001/p19.pdf Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine

Evolution o Honduras's territorial organisation

1825: The constitutional congress convened in that year orders that the state be dividit intae seiven depairtments: Comayagua, Santa Bárbara, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, Yoro, Olancho, an Gracias (later renamit Lempira).

1834: An extraordinary constitutional assembly reduces the nummer o depairtments tae fower: this attempt fails tae prosper, an the 1825 diveesion remains in force.

1869: Congress orders the creation o the depairtments o La Paz (broken awa frae Comayagua), El Paraíso (frae Tegucigalpa an Olancho), Copán (frae Gracias), an La Mosquitia (frae Yoro).

1872: A depairtment cried Victoria is ordered tae be split frae Choluteca, but this niver comes intae effect. Islas de la Bahía depairtment is foondit (the islands wur cedit tae Honduras bi the Unitit Kinrick in 1860).

1881: Pairts o Yoro an La Mosquitia are separatit tae form Colón depairtment.

1883: Intibucá depairtment is formit frae sections o La Paz an Gracias.

1893: Valle depairtment (split frae Choluteca) an Cortés depairtment (split frae Santa Bárbara) are creatit.

1902: Pairts o Yoro an Colón are taken tae form the new depairtment o Atlántida.

1906: Ocotepeque depairtment is creatit bi dividin the territory o Copán.

1957: Colón is dividit in twa tae create Gracias a Dios depairtment.

See an aw

• Honduras
• Municipalities o Honduras
• Leet o Honduras-relatit topics
• ISO 3166-2:HN

Freemit airtins

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