Ocotepeque Department

Department in Honduras

Ocotepeque Department Departamento de Ocotepeque
department
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Location of Ocotepeque in Honduras
Coordinates: medium · 10th of 18
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013^[3]

Ocotepeque is one of the 18 departments of Honduras, Central America, located in the West and bordering both El Salvador and Guatemala. It was formed in 1906 from part of Copán department. The capital and main city is Nueva Ocotepeque.

The department covers a total surface area of 1,630 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 151,516.

Municipalities

Belén Gualcho
Concepción
Dolores Merendón
Fraternidad
La Encarnación
La Labor
Lucerna
Mercedes
Ocotepeque
San Fernando
San Francisco del Valle
San Jorge
San Marcos
Santa Fe
Sensenti
Sinuapa

References

^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Consulta Base de datos INE en línea: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2013" [Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (in Spanish). El Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-13.