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Encyclopedia > La Paz Department, Honduras

La Paz 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. ...


The departmental capital is the city of La Paz.


The department covers a total surface area of 2,331 km² and, in 1991, had an estimated population of 112,000.


Municipalties

  1. Aguaqueterique
  2. Cabañas
  3. Cane
  4. Chinacla
  5. Guajiquiro
  6. La Paz
  7. Lauterique
  8. Marcala
  9. Mercedes de Oriente
  10. Opatoro
  11. San Antonio del Norte
  12. San José
  13. San Juan
  14. San Pedro de Tutule
  15. Santa Ana
  16. Santa Elena
  17. Santa María
  18. Santiago de Puringla
  19. Yarula



Departments of Honduras Flag 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
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Each department capital and municipalities with populations of more than 4,000 are supposed to have two justices, and municipalities with populations less than 4,000 are supposed to have one justice of the peace.
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