Ocotepeque Department
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Key facts
- Country
- Honduras
- Founded
- 17 February 1906
- Capital city
- Nueva Ocotepeque
- Type
- Departmental
- Governor
- Edgardo Villanueva (2022-2026) ( LibRe )
- Total
- 1,636 km (632 sq mi)
- Density
- 92.61/km (239.9/sq mi)
- Per capita
- $2,500 (2023)
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CDT )
- Postal code
- 43101, 43201
- Iso 3166 code
- HN-OC
- Hdi 2021
- 0.589 , medium · 10th of 18
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Honduras
- Country
- Honduras
- Located in
- Honduras
- Contains
- Belén Gualcho
- Capital
- Ocotepeque
- Population
- 146030
- Area
- 1630
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Shares border with
- Chiquimula Department
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- Ocotepeque Department
- topic's main category
- Category:Ocotepeque Department
- inception
- 1906-02-17
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Encyclopedic overview
Ocotepeque is one of the 18 departments of Honduras, Central America, located in the West and bordering both El Salvador and Guatemala. It was formed in 1906 from part of Copán department. The capital and main city is Nueva Ocotepeque. It was formed after The old capital Ocotepeque got destroyed after a landslide swept thru the city
The department covers a total surface area of 1,630 km (630 sq mi) and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 151,516.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ocotepeque Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.