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

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

The departmental capital is Juiticalpa.

The department covers a total surface area of 24,351 km² and, in 1991, had an estimated population of 309,000.

Municipalities

1. Campamento
2. Catacamas
3. Concordia
4. Dulce Nombre de Culmí
5. El Rosario
6. Esquipulas del Norte
7. Gualaco
8. Guarizama
9. Guata
10. Guayape
11. Jano
12. Juticalpa
13. La Unión
14. Mangulile
15. Manto
16. Patuca
17. Salamá
18. San Esteban
19. San Francisco de Becerra
20. San Francisco de la Paz
21. Santa Maria del Real
22. Silca
23. Yocón

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