Choluteca Department

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Choluteca
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Location of Choluteca in Honduras
Data
Capital Choluteca
population 420,350 (calculation 2005)
surface 4211 km²
Population density 99.8 inhabitants / km²
structure 16
Rivers Río Choluteca
ISO 3166-2 HN-CH

Choluteca is one of the 18 departments in the Central American state of Honduras .

It is the southernmost region in Honduras on the Gulf of Fonseca and borders Nicaragua to the east and south . The capital of Choluteca is the city of the same name, Choluteca .

The department was founded in 1825 as one of the original administrative units after the independence of Honduras. Choluteca got its current form in 1893 with the separation of the western part of the department and the simultaneous establishment of the department of Valle .

Municipios

Choluteca, in turn, is divided into 16 Municipios :

  1. Apacilagua
  2. Choluteca
  3. Concepción de María
  4. Duyure
  5. El Corpus
  6. El Triunfo
  7. Marcovia
  8. Morolica
  9. Namasigue
  10. Orocuina
  11. Pespire
  12. San Antonio de Flores
  13. San Isidro
  14. San Jose
  15. San Marcos de Colón
  16. Santa Ana de Yusguare

Climate table

Choluteca
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Choluteca
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 34.6 35.7 36.7 35.1 35.1 33.1 34.1 34.1 32.6 32.6 33.5 34.3 O 34.3
Min. Temperature (° C) 23.1 23.0 23.5 24.5 24.2 23.4 23.8 23.6 22.9 22.8 22.7 23.0 O 23.4
Precipitation ( mm ) 2 5 8th 31 286 267 139 245 359 276 77 9 Σ 1,704
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9.4 9.6 9.4 8.1 7.6 7.0 7.5 7.6 6.5 7.5 8.2 8.8 O 8.1
Rainy days ( d ) 0 1 8th 3 13 17th 10 14th 20th 15th 4th 1 Σ 106
Humidity ( % ) 43 43 43 46 58 75 65 65 77 72 61 49 O 58.1
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Source: wetterkontor.de

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Coordinates: 13 ° 24 ′  N , 87 ° 0 ′  W