Cortés is one of the 18 departments (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 1893 from parts of Santa Bárbara and Yoro.
The departmental capital is San Pedro Sula. San Pedro Sula is a city in the nation of Honduras. ...
The department also includes the sea ports of Puerto Cortés and Omoa. Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... Omoa is a town in the Cortés department of Honduras, on the Caribbean Sea coast, to the west of Puerto Cortés. ...
Cortés department covers a total surface area of 3,954 km² and, in 1991, had an estimated population of 706,000.
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