La Paz Department (Honduras)
La Paz | |
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Location of La Paz in Honduras | |
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Capital | La Paz |
population | 173,731 (calculation 2005) |
surface | 2331 km² |
Population density | 75 people / km² |
structure | 19th |
Other cities | Marcala |
ISO 3166-2 | HN-LP |
La Paz is one of the 18 departments in Honduras in Central America . His name is Spanish and means "peace" when translated.
The capital of the department is the city of the same name, La Paz . La Paz has an external border with El Salvador in the south .
The department was founded in 1869 by splitting off from the Comayagua department .
Municipios
In turn, La Paz is divided into 19 municipalities :
- Aguaqueterique
- Cabañas
- Cane
- Chinacla
- Guajiquiro
- La Paz
- Lauterique
- Marcala
- Mercedes de Oriente
- Opatoro
- San Antonio del Norte
- San Jose
- San Juan
- San Pedro de Tutule
- Santa Ana
- Santa Elena
- Santa María
- Santiago de Puringla
- Yarula
Web links
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Coordinates: 14 ° 0 ′ N , 88 ° 0 ′ W