Departments in Honduras
Honduras is divided into 18 administrative districts ( Departamentos ).
The largest department in terms of area is Olancho - in terms of population it is Francisco Morazán , where the capital of the country Tegucigalpa is also located. The smallest department in terms of both area and population is Islas de la Bahía .
The departments in Honduras are in turn divided into a total of 298 municipalities ( Municipalidades ). For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into 3,731 aldeas , and these further into 30,591 caserios . At the lowest level, some caserios are further broken down into barrios or colonias .
| # | Department | Capital | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlántida | La Ceiba |
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| 2 | Choluteca | Choluteca | |
| 3 | Colón | Trujillo | |
| 4th | Comayagua | Comayagua | |
| 5 | Copan | Santa Rosa de Copan | |
| 6th | Cortés | San Pedro Sula | |
| 7th | El Paraíso | Yuscaran | |
| 8th | Francisco Morazan | Tegucigalpa | |
| 9 | Gracias a Dios | Puerto Lempira | |
| 10 | Intibucá | La Esperanza | |
| 11 | Islas de la Bahía | Roatan | |
| 12 | La Paz | La Paz | |
| 13 | Lempira | Gracias | |
| 14th | Ocotepeque | Nueva Ocotepeque | |
| 15th | Olancho | Juticalpa | |
| 16 | Santa Bárbara | Santa Bárbara | |
| 17th | Valle | Nacaome | |
| 18th | Yoro | Yoro |
Creation of the departments
- 1825: Honduras is divided into seven departments: Comayagua, Santa Bárbara, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, Yoro, Olancho, and Gracias.
- 1869: Division of the seven existing departments and establishment of new ones: La Paz (from Comayagua), El Paraíso (from Tegucigalpa and Olancho), Copán (from Gracias), and La Mosquitia (from Yoro).
- 1872: Creation of the Islas de la Bahía department (the archipelago was ceded to Honduras by Great Britain in 1860).
- 1881: Parts of the Yoro and La Mosquitia departments become the Colón department.
- 1883: Intibucá is created from parts of the La Paz and Gracias departments.
- 1893: The departments of Valle (from Choluteca) and Cortés (from Santa Bárbara) are established.
- 1902: Parts of the Yoro and Colón departments become the Atlántida department.
- 1906: Parts of the Ocotepeque department become the Copán department.
- 1957: Parts of the Department of Colón become the Department of Gracias a Dios.