El Paraíso Department

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El Paraíso
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Location of El Paraíso in Honduras
Data
Capital Yuscaran
population 383,565 (calculation 2005)
surface 7218 km²
Population density 53 people / km²
structure 19th
Other cities Danlí
Rivers Río Choluteca
ISO 3166-2 HN-EP

El Paraíso is one of the 18 departments in Honduras in Central America . The Spanish name of the department means "paradise".

The capital of the department is Yuscarán in the west of El Paraíso. El Paraíso has an external border with Nicaragua in the south .

The Department El Paraíso was created in 1878 by splitting off from the former Department Tegucigalpa.

Municipios

El Paraíso is in turn divided into 19 Municipios :

  1. Alauca
  2. Danlí
  3. El Paraíso
  4. Guinope
  5. Jacaleapa
  6. Liure
  7. Morocelí
  8. Oropolí
  9. Potrerillos
  10. San Antonio de Flores
  11. San Lucas
  12. San Matías
  13. Soledad
  14. Teupasenti
  15. Texiguat
  16. Trojes
  17. Vado Ancho
  18. Yauyupe
  19. Yuscaran

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Coordinates: 14 ° 0 ′  N , 86 ° 30 ′  W