Francisco Morazán Department

Coordinates: 14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.100°N 87.217°W / 14.100; -87.217
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Francisco Morazán Department
Departamento de Francisco Morazán
Department
CDT)
Postal code
11101, 12101
ISO 3166 codeHN-FM
HDI (2021)0.677[2]
medium · 1st
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3]

Francisco Morazán (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko moɾaˈsan], abbreviated FMO) is one of the departments of Honduras.

It is located in the central part of the nation. The departmental capital is Tegucigalpa, which is also Honduras's national capital. Until 1943 it was known as Tegucigalpa department. It was renamed after national hero Francisco Morazán.

The department is very mountainous, with rugged ranges covered in

Jicaque people
.

Francisco Morazán department covers a total surface area of 7,946 km2 (3,068 sq mi) and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 1,680,700 people.

The coat-of-arms and departmental flag of Francisco Morazán Department are the same as its capital, Tegucigalpa.[4]

Municipalities

  1. Alubarén
  2. Cedros
  3. Curarén
  4. Distrito Central (cap. Tegucigalpa
    )
  5. El Porvenir
  6. Guaimaca
  7. La Libertad
  8. La Venta
  9. Lepaterique
  10. Maraita
  11. Marale
  12. Nueva Armenia
  13. Ojojona
  14. Orica
  15. Reitoca
  16. Sabanagrande
  17. San Antonio de Oriente
  18. San Buenaventura
  19. San Ignacio
  20. San Miguelito
  21. Santa Ana
  22. Santa Lucía
  23. Talanga
  24. Tatumbla
  25. Valle de Ángeles
  26. Vallecillo
  27. Villa de San Francisco

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The department of Tegucigalpa (renamed Francisco Morazán in 1943) was one of the first 7 departments in which the national territory was divided in the first political division of Honduras in 1825.

References

  1. ^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Crwflags.com: Francisco Morazán Department


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