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Department in Cortés, Honduras
Cortés
Department
CortésCortés
Country Honduras
DepartmentCortés
CapitalSan Pedro Sula
Municipalities12
Government
 • TypeDepartmental
 • Gobernador PolíticoVíctor Galdámez
Area
 • Total3,954 km (1,527 sq mi)
Highest elevation2,242 m (7,356 ft)
Lowest elevation0 m (0 ft)
Population
 • Total1,202,510
 • EthnicitiesLadino Garifuna
 • ReligionsCatholicism Evangelicalism
Time zone-6

Cortés is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. The department covers a total surface area of 3,954 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 1,365,497 people, making it the most populous department in Honduras. The Merendón Mountains rise in western Cortés, but the department is mostly a tropical lowland, the Sula Valley, crossed by the Ulúa and Chamelecon rivers.

It was created in 1893 from parts of the departments of Santa Bárbara and Yoro. The departmental capital is San Pedro Sula. Main cities also include Choloma, La Lima, Villanueva, and the sea ports of Puerto Cortés and Omoa. The Atlantic coast of the Department of Cortés is known for its many excellent beaches.

Cortés is the economic heartland of Honduras, as the Sula Valley is the country's main agricultural and industrial region. US banana companies arrived in the area in the late 19th Century, and established vast plantations, as well as infrastructure to ship the fruit to the United States. San Pedro Sula attracted substantial numbers of European, Central American, and Palestinian and Lebanese immigrants. Industry flourishes in the department, and Cortés today hosts most of the country's assembly plants, known as maquilas.

Municipalities

  1. Choloma
  2. La Lima
  3. Omoa
  4. Pimienta
  5. Potrerillos
  6. Puerto Cortés
  7. San Antonio de Cortés
  8. San Francisco de Yojoa
  9. San Manuel
  10. San Pedro Sula
  11. Santa Cruz de Yojoa
  12. Villanueva

References

  1. "V Censo Nacional de Poblacion y XVI de Vivienda(Censo 2001)" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 2001. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |accessmonthday= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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