Ocotepeque department: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Ocotepeque is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.

Formed in 1906 from part of Copán Department.

The departmental capital is Nueva Ocotepeque.

The department covers a total surface area of 1,680 km² and, in 1991, had an estimated population of 77,000.

Municipalities

1. Belén Gualcho
2. Concepción
3. Dolores Merendon
4. Fraternidad
5. La Encarnación
6. La Labor
7. Lucerna
8. Mercedes
9. Ocotepeque
10. San Fernando
11. San Francisco del Valle
12. San Jorge
13. San Marcos
14. Santa Fé
15. Sensenti
16. Sinuapa

Departments of Honduras
Atlántida | Choluteca | Colón | Comayagua | Copán | Cortés | El Paraíso | Francisco Morazán | Gracias a Dios | Intibucá | Islas de la Bahía | La Paz | Lempira | Ocotepeque | Olancho | Santa Bárbara | Valle | Yoro