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Honduras is divided into 18 departments ( Spanish: departamentos). Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras. The governor represents the executive branch in the region in addition to acting as intermediary between municipalities and various national authorities; resolves issues arising between municipalities; oversees the penitentiaries and prisons in his department; and regularly works with the various Secretaries of State that form the President's Cabinet. To be eligible for appointment as a governor, the individual must: a) live for five consecutive years in the department; b) be Honduran; c) be older than 18 years of age and; d) know how to read and write. [1] [2] [3]
Department | Department capital |
Population (2001 census) |
Population (2013 census) [4] |
Population change (%) |
Area (km2) [5] |
Population
Density (2013) |
Municipalities | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Atlántida | La Ceiba | 344,099 | 436,252 | ![]() |
4,372 | 99.8 | 8 |
2. | Choluteca | Choluteca | 390,805 | 437,618 | ![]() |
4,360 | 100.4 | 16 |
3. | Colón | Trujillo | 246,708 | 309,926 | ![]() |
8,249 | 37.6 | 10 |
4. | Comayagua | Comayagua | 352,881 | 493,466 | ![]() |
5,124 | 96.3 | 21 |
5. | Copán | Santa Rosa de Copán | 288,766 | 371,057 | ![]() |
3,242 | 114.5 | 23 |
6. | Cortés | San Pedro Sula | 1,202,510 | 1,562,394 | ![]() |
3,923 | 398.3 | 12 |
7. | El Paraíso | Yuscarán | 350,054 | 455,507 | ![]() |
7,489 | 60.8 | 18 |
8. | Francisco Morazán | Tegucigalpa | 1,180,676 | 1,508,906 | ![]() |
8,619 | 175.1 | 28 |
9. | Gracias a Dios | Puerto Lempira | 67,384 | 90,765 | ![]() |
16,997 | 5.3 | 6 |
10. | Intibucá | La Esperanza | 179,862 | 232,553 | ![]() |
3,123 | 74.5 | 17 |
11. | Islas de la Bahía | Roatan | 38,073 | 62,557 | ![]() |
236 | 265.1 | 4 |
12. | La Paz | La Paz | 156,560 | 198,926 | ![]() |
2,331 | 85.3 | 19 |
13. | Lempira | Gracias | 250,067 | 321,179 | ![]() |
4,234 | 75.9 | 28 |
14. | Ocotepeque | Nueva Ocotepeque | 108,029 | 146,030 | ![]() |
1,630 | 89.6 | 17 |
15. | Olancho | Juticalpa | 419,561 | 520,761 | ![]() |
24,057 | 21.6 | 23 |
16. | Santa Bárbara | Santa Bárbara | 342,054 | 421,337 | ![]() |
5,024 | 83.9 | 28 |
17. | Valle | Nacaome | 151,841 | 174,511 | ![]() |
1,665 | 104.8 | 9 |
18. | Yoro | Yoro | 465,414 | 570,595 | ![]() |
7,781 | 73.3 | 11 |
Total | – | – | 6,535,344 | 8,303,771 | ![]() |
112,457 | 73.9 | 298 |
Population data source: [6]