Olancho Department

Olancho
Location of Olancho in Honduras
Data
Capital	Juticalpa
population	458,000 (2006 calculation)
surface	24,351 km²
Population density	17 people / km²
structure	23
ISO 3166-2	HN-OL
Website	http://www.olancho.com/

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

It is also the largest department in the country and borders Nicaragua in the south . The capital of Olancho is Juticalpa .

The west and north of the region are mountainous - there are the mountain ranges of the Sierra de Agalta, Montaña de Tembladeros and Montaña de Botaderos. Central Olancho is characterized by cattle farming and agriculture. The east of the region is covered by tropical rainforest . Part of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site , is also located in this region.

The drug-related crime has risen sharply, especially in the department of Olancho in recent years. Small planes from South America use the vastness of the department to handle drugs.

Municipios

Administratively, the Olancho Department is in turn divided into 23 Municipios :

1 campamento	2 catacamas
3 Concordia	4 Dulce Nombre de Culmí
5 El Rosario	6 Esquipulas del Norte
7 Gualaco	8 guarizama
9 guata	10 guayape
11 Jano	12 Juticalpa
13 La Unión	14 Mangulile
15 manto	16 Patuca
17 Salamá	18 San Esteban
19 San Francisco de Becerra	20 San Francisco de la Paz
21 Santa Maria del Real	22 Silca
23 yocón

Web links

• Interactive map of Honduras
• Olancho's homepage (in Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Militarization of the fight against drug trafficking - Help from the USA. February 21, 2011, accessed March 23, 2011 . 

Coordinates: 15 ° 0 ′  N , 86 ° 0 ′  W