Copán Department
Copan | |
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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
- Cabañas
- Concepción
- Copan Ruinas
- Corquín
- Cucuyagua
- Dolores
- Dulce Nombre
- El Paraíso
- Florida
- La Jigua
- La Unión
- Nueva Arcadia
- San Agustin
- San Antonio
- San Jerónimo
- San Jose
- San Juan de Opoa
- San Nicolás
- San Pedro de Copan
- Santa Rita
- Santa Rosa de Copan
- Trinidad de Copan
- Veracruz
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Coordinates: 15 ° 0 ′ N , 89 ° 0 ′ W