Valle Department

Valle Department
Departamento de Valle
Departmento

Location of Valle in Honduras
Coordinates: 13°32′N 87°29′W / 13.533°N 87.483°W / 13.533; -87.483Coordinates: 13°32′N 87°29′W / 13.533°N 87.483°W / 13.533; -87.483
Country  Honduras
Municipalities 9
Villages 86
Founded 11 July 1893
Capital city Nacaome
Government
 • Type Departmental
 • Gobernador Lenín Cruz Padilla (2018-2022) (PNH)
Area
 • Total 1,618 km2 (625 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 178,561
 • Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code 52101
ISO 3166 code HN-VA
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[1]

Valle is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided.

The departmental capital is Nacaome. The department faces the Gulf of Fonseca and contains mangrove swamps; inland, it is very hot and dry.

The department covers a total surface area of 1,665 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 178,561 people.

Valle Department was organized in 1893.

Municipalities

  1. Alianza
  2. Amapala
  3. Aramecina
  4. Caridad
  5. Goascorán
  6. Langue
  7. Nacaome
  8. San Francisco de Coray
  9. San Lorenzo

References

  1. ↑ "Consulta Base de datos INE en línea: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2013" [Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (in Spanish). El Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-13.


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