Intibucá Department

Intibucá
Location of Intibucá in Honduras
Data
Capital	La Esperanza
population	202.140 (calculation 2005)
surface	3072 km²
Population density	66 people / km²
structure	17th
ISO 3166-2	HN-IN
La Esperanza in Intibucá

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

The capital of the department is La Esperanza . Intibucá has an external border with El Salvador in the south .

The department was founded in 1883 when the departments La Paz and Gracias a Dios split off .

Municipios

Intibucá is in turn divided into 17 municipalities :

1. Camasca
2. Colomoncagua
3. Concepción
4. Dolores
5. Intibucá
6. Jesús de Otoro
7. La Esperanza
8. Magdalena
9. Masaguara
10. San Antonio
11. San Francisco de Opalaca
12. San Isidro
13. San Juan
14. San Marco de Sierra
15. San Miguelito
16. Santa Lucía
17. Yamaranguila

Web links

• Interactive map of Honduras

Coordinates: 14 ° 18 ′  N , 88 ° 12 ′  W