Copán Department

Copan
Location of Copán* in Honduras*
Data
Capital	Santa Rosa de Copan
population	295,000 (2006 calculation)
surface	3203 km²
Population density	92 inhabitants / km²
structure	23
ISO 3166-2	HN-CP
Resident of the Copán Department

Copán is one of 18 departments in Honduras ( Central America ) and is located in the west of the country.

The capital of Copán is Santa Rosa de Copán . The Copán Department is home to the Copán Maya ruins, one of the country's most important pre-Columbian archaeological sites.

The department of Copán is administratively divided into 23 municipalities :

Municipios