Copán is a department in the west of the nation of Honduras. The departmental capital is the town of Santa Rosa de Copán. Also in the department is the famous Pre-Columbian archaeological site at Copán, one of the greatest cities of the Maya civilization. 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. ... The term Pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the New World in the era before significant European influence. ... The Pre-Columbian city of Copán is a locale in extreme western Honduras, in the Copán Department, near to the Guatemalan border. ... This article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. ...
Copán department covers a total surface area of 3,203 km² and, in 2001, had an estimated population of about 289,000 people. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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