Department of Cortés

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Cortés
Nicaragua El Salvador Guatemala Belize Islas de la Bahia Departamento Gracias a Dios Departamento Colón (Honduras) Departamento Atlántida Departamento Olancho Departamento Yoro Departamento Cortés Departamento Santa Bárbara (Honduras) Departamento Copán Departamento Ocotepeque Departamento Lempira Departamento Intibucá Departamento La Paz (Honduras) Departamento Valle Departamento Francisco Morazán Departamento El Paraíso Departamento ComayaguaCortes in Honduras.svg
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Location of Cortés in Honduras
Data
Capital San Pedro Sula
population 1,365,497 (calculation 2005)
surface 3954 km²
Population density 345 inhabitants / km²
structure 12
Other cities Choloma , Puerto Cortés , La Lima , Villanueva
Rivers Río Ulúa , Río Chamelecon
ISO 3166-2 HN-CR
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Cathedral in San Pedro Sula in Cortés

Cortés is one of the 18 departments in Honduras in Central America .

The capital of the department and by far the largest city in Cortés is San Pedro Sula .

Cortés is located on the Atlantic coast on the Gulf of Honduras and has an external border with Guatemala in the west . With a population of almost 1.4 million, Cortés is the most populous department in Honduras.

The department was founded in 1893 by splitting off from the departments of Santa Bárbara and Yoro .

Municipios

Cortés, in turn, is divided into 12 Municipios :

  1. Choloma
  2. La Lima
  3. Omoa
  4. Pimienta
  5. Potrerillos
  6. Puerto Cortés
  7. San Antonio de Cortés
  8. San Francisco de Yojoa
  9. San Manuel
  10. San Pedro Sula
  11. Santa Cruz de Yojoa
  12. Villanueva

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Coordinates: 15 ° 30 ′  N , 88 ° 0 ′  W