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Key facts
- Country
- Honduras
- Founded
- 28 May 1869
- Seat
- Santa Rosa de Copán
- Type
- Departmental
- Governor
- Juana Barrera, LibRe 2022-2026
- Total
- 3,239 km (1,251 sq mi)
- Density
- 118.2/km (306.0/sq mi)
- Per capita
- $2,300 (2023)
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CDT )
- Postal code
- 41101, 41202
- Iso 3166 code
- HN-CP
- Hdi 2021
- 0.572 , medium · 15th of 18
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Encyclopedic overview
Copán is one of the departments in the western part of Honduras. The departmental capital is the town of Santa Rosa de Copán. The department is well known for its tobacco and fine cigars.
The department is famous for its Pre-Columbian archaeological site at Copán, one of the greatest cities of the Maya civilization.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Copán Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.