Ocotepeque Department
Ocotepeque | |
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Location of Ocotepeque in Honduras | |
Data | |
Capital | Nueva Ocotepeque |
population | 118,558 (calculation 2005) |
surface | 1680 km² |
Population density | 71 people / km² |
structure | 16 |
ISO 3166-2 | HN-OC |
Ocotepeque is one of the 18 departments in Honduras in Central America .
The capital of the department is the city of Nueva Ocotepeque , which was destroyed by a flood in 1934 and then had to be rebuilt. Ocotepeque is located in the far west of Honduras and has an external border with El Salvador and Guatemala . In Ocotepeque there are several thermal springs that are also used for tourism.
The department was founded in 1906 by splitting off from the Copán department .
Municipios
Ocotepeque is in turn divided into 16 Municipios :
- Belén Gualcho
- Concepción
- Dolores Merendon
- Fraternidad
- La Encarnación
- La laboratory
- Lucerna
- Mercedes
- Ocotepeque
- San Fernando
- San Francisco del Valle
- San Jorge
- San Marcos
- Santa Fe
- Sensenti
- Sinuapa
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Coordinates: 14 ° 30 ′ N , 89 ° 0 ′ W