Gracias
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Gracias () is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department.
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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
- 449
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 projection
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.population_total
- 61421
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.blank1_name
- Climate
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 47622
- Area
- 449.1
- Elevation
- 800
- Image
- Fuerte San Cristóbal Gracias Honduras 01.jpg
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- Gracias, Lempira
- P12749
- 1463
- inception
- 1536-00-00
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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.
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