Valle Department
Valle | |
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Location of Valle in Honduras | |
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Capital | Nacaome |
population | 160,346 (calculation 2005) |
surface | 1565 km² |
Population density | 102 people / km² |
structure | 9 |
Other cities | San Lorenzo |
ISO 3166-2 | HN-VA |
Valle is one of the 18 departments in Honduras in Central America . It is named after the statesman José Cecilio Díaz del Valle .
The capital of the department is the city of Nacaome . Valle lies on the Gulf of Fonseca and has an external border with El Salvador . Several smaller islands in the Gulf of Fonseca belong to the department.
The department was founded in 1893 by a spin-off from the Choluteca department .
Municipios
In turn, Valle is divided into nine municipalities :
- Alianza
- Amapala
- Aramecina
- Caridad
- Goascorán
- Langue
- Nacaome
- San Francisco de Coray
- San Lorenzo
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Coordinates: 13 ° 24 ′ N , 87 ° 30 ′ W