Gracias
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Gracias
- Settlement.native_name
- Ciudad de los confines
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iglesia de la Merced (288008760).jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Gracias Lempira.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Honduras
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Honduras
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lempira
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.area_total_km2
Key dates
- Inception
- 1536
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Honduras
- Located in
- Lempira Department
- Population
- +47622
- Area
- +449.1
- Elevation
- +800
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Lempira Department
- Image
- Fuerte San Cristóbal Gracias Honduras 01.jpg
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Foundation
- Headquarters of the Royal Court and Chancery of Los Confines
- Battles
- Modern day
- Demographics
- Geography
- Transportation
- Economy
- See also
- References
- External links
Gracias () is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department.
The municipality has a population of 61,421 and the town a population of 18,550 (2023 calculation). It is located in the mountainous center of western Honduras.