Colón is one of the 18 departaments (departamentos) into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... Honduras is a country in northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. ...
Created in 1881.
The departmental capital is Trujillo. Trujillo is a city in northeastern Honduras. ...
The department covers a total surface area of 8,875 km² and, in 1991, had an estimated population of 164,000.