Santa Bárbara Department (Honduras)

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Santa Bárbara
Nicaragua El Salvador Guatemala Belize Islas de la Bahia Departamento Gracias a Dios Departamento Colón (Honduras) Departamento Atlántida Departamento Olancho Departamento Yoro Departamento Cortés Departamento Santa Bárbara (Honduras) Departamento Copán Departamento Ocotepeque Departamento Lempira Departamento Intibucá Departamento La Paz (Honduras) Departamento Valle Departamento Francisco Morazán Departamento El Paraíso Departamento ComayaguaSanta Barbara in Honduras.svg
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Location of Santa Bárbara in Honduras
Data
Capital Santa Bárbara
population 341,000 (2006 calculation)
surface 5115 km²
Population density 67 inhabitants / km²
structure 28
ISO 3166-2 HN-SB
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Satellite image of Lake Yojoa

Santa Bárbara is one of 18 departments in Honduras in Central America and is located in the northwest of the country on the border with Guatemala .

The capital of the department is the city of the same name, Santa Bárbara. Santa Bárbara borders the largest inland lake in Honduras - Lago de Yojoa .

Municipios

Administratively, the Department of Santa Bárbara is in turn divided into 28 municipalities :

Arada Atima
Azacualpa Ceguaca
Chinda Concepción del Norte
Concepción del Sur El Nispero
Gualala Ilama
Las Vegas Macuelizo
Naranjito Nueva Frontera
Nuevo Celilac Petoa
Protección Quimistán
San Francisco de Ojuera San Jose de Colinas
San Luis San Marcos
San Nicolás San Pedro Zacapa
Santa Bárbara Santa Rita
San Vicente Centenario Trinidad

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Coordinates: 15 ° 0 ′  N , 88 ° 30 ′  W