Intibucá Department
Intibucá | |
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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 :
- Camasca
- Colomoncagua
- Concepción
- Dolores
- Intibucá
- Jesús de Otoro
- La Esperanza
- Magdalena
- Masaguara
- San Antonio
- San Francisco de Opalaca
- San Isidro
- San Juan
- San Marco de Sierra
- San Miguelito
- Santa Lucía
- Yamaranguila
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Coordinates: 14 ° 18 ′ N , 88 ° 12 ′ W