Lempira Department

Lempira
Location of Lempira in Honduras
Data
Capital	Gracias
population	269,000 (2006 calculation)
surface	4290 km²
Population density	63 people / km²
structure	28
Highest elevation	Cerro de Las Minas (2849 m above sea  level )
ISO 3166-2	HN-LE

Lempira is one of 18 departments in Honduras in Central America .

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The department is located in the west of the country on the border with El Salvador . The capital of Lempira is Gracias . The department is named after a local Maya warrior ( Lenca-Maya ) named Lempira, who fought against the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century . Lempira is also the name of today's Honduran currency .

In Lempira, in addition to the Celaque National Park, there is also Cerro Las Minas - the highest mountain in Honduras at 2849 meters.

Municípios

Administratively, the Lempira Department is in turn divided into 28 municipalities :

1 Belén	2 candelaria
3 Cololaca	4 Erandique
5 Gracias	6 Gualcince
7 guarita	8 La Campa
9 La Iguala	10 Las Flores
11 La Unión	12 La Virtud
13 Lepaera	14 Mapulaca
15 Piraera	16 San Andrés
17 San Francisco	18 San Juan Guarita
19 San Manuel Colohete	20 San Marcos de Caiquín
21 San Rafael	22 San Sebastian
23 Santa Cruz	24 Talgua
25 tambla	26 Tomalá
27 Valladolid	28 Virginia

Web links

• Interactive map of Honduras

Coordinates: 14 ° 30 ′  N , 88 ° 36 ′  W