Ocotepeque

Ocotepeque is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. The town of Nueva Ocotepeque is the municipal seat and the capital of the department. Ocotepeque means: Pine Mountain.

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Place details

Locality: Ocotepeque
Region: Ocotepeque
Country: Honduras
Population: 8,780

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Ocotepeque
Settlement.image_skyline: Parque Ocotepeque Honduras .jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Honduras
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Ocotepeque
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Villages
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 9
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1530
Settlement.area_total_km2: 177
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020 projection
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.population_total: 26391
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_urban: 16575

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Wikidata facts

Population: 23096
Area: 174.8
Elevation: 819
Image: Parque Ocotepeque Honduras .jpg

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Ocotepeque is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. The town of Nueva Ocotepeque is the municipal seat and the capital of the department. Ocotepeque means: Pine Mountain.

The department borders two countries, Guatemala and El Salvador and covers 1,630 km2. It is mostly mountainous, and has a population of 111,474 (2006). Its main economic activities are agricultural, including coffee, corn, cabbage, sugar cane, and onions. Due to its favourable location just a few kilometres away from the border with El Salvador at El Poy, as well as the border with Guatemala at Agua Caliente, Ocotepeque has the economic benefit of being a tri-country centre of business. It also attracts residents of smaller neighbouring towns, who come to Ocotepeque to purchase things or to study.