Departments of Honduras

The Central American nation of Honduras is divided into 18 departments (departamentos). The government of each department is headed by a governor appointed by the President of Honduras.

Departamentos of Honduras

• Atlántida

department capital: La Ceiba

• Choluteca

department capital: Cholulteca

• Colón

department capital: Trujillo

• Comayagua

department capital: Comayagua

• Copán

department capital: Santa Rosa de Copan; also includes the Pre-Columbian ruins of Copan

• Cortés

department capital: San Pedro Sula; also includes ports of Puerto Cortes and Omoa

• El Paraíso

department capital: Yuscaran

• Francisco Morazán

department capital: Tegucigalpa (also the national capital)

• Gracias a Dios

department seat: Puerto Lempira

• Intibucá

department capital: La Esperanza

• Islas de la Bahía (Bay Islands)

department capital: Roatan

• La Paz

department capital: La Paz

• Lempira

department capital: Gracias

• Ocotepeque

department capital: Nueva Octopeque

• Olancho

department capital: Juiticalpa

• Santa Bárbara

department capital: Santa Bárbara

• Valle

department capital: Nacaome

• Yoro

department capital: Yoro

See also: Honduras, List of places in Honduras