Department of Lempira

The department of Lempira (in Spanish: be Departamento de Lempira) is one of the 18 departments Honduras.

History

The department was created in 1825, after the independence of the plain provinces of Central America.

Geography

The department of Lempira is bordering:
  • in north, of the departments of Copán and Santa Bárbara,
  • in the east, of the department of Intibucá,
  • in the south, of the republic of the El Salvador,
  • in the west, of the departments of Ocotepeque and Copán.

It has a surface of 4.290 km ².

Subdivisions

The department includes/understands 28 municipalities:
  • Belén
  • Candelaria
  • Cololaca
  • Erandique
  • Gracias, Spanish chief town (: be Cabecera)
  • Gualcince
  • Guarita
  • Camped It
  • Iguala
  • Unión
  • Virtud
  • Las Flora
  • Lepaera
  • Mapulaca
  • Piraera
  • San Andrés
  • San Francisco
  • San Juan Guarita
  • San Manuel Colohete
  • San Marcos de Caiquín
  • San Rafael
  • San Sebastian
  • Santa Cruz
  • Talgua
  • Tambla
  • Tomalá
  • Valladolid
  • Virginia

Demography

The population rises with approximately 180.000 inhabitants.

The population density of the department is of 42 hab. /km ².

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