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Gracias

Also known as Gracias, Lempira

Gracias () is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department.

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Place details

Locality: Gracias
Region: Lempira
Country: Honduras
Population: 7,909

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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

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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Commons category: Gracias, Lempira
P12749: 1463
inception: 1536-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
History
Foundation
Headquarters of the Royal Court and Chancery of Los Confines
Battles
Modern day
Demographics
Geography
Transportation
Economy
See also
References
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gracias” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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