Santa Bárbara is one of the 18
departments ''(departamentos)'' into which
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
is divided. The departmental capital is
Santa Bárbara.
Geography
The department covers a total surface area of 5,115 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 368,298 people.
Economy
The department, historically, is known for harvesting
mahogany
Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus ''Swietenia'', indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012). ''A Natural History of Belize: Inside the Maya Forest''. Austin: Unive ...
and
cedar
Cedar may refer to:
Trees and plants
*''Cedrus'', common English name cedar, an Old-World genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae
*Cedar (plant), a list of trees and plants known as cedar
Places United States
* Cedar, Arizona
* ...
trees for exportation.
Municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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Arada
Arada may refer to:
Geography
* Arada, Chad, a town and subprefecture in the department of Biltine in eastern Chad
* Arada (Addis Ababa), one of the 10 subcities of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia
* Arada, Honduras, a municipality in the Ho ...
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Atima
Atima is a municipality in the Honduran department of Santa Bárbara. In 2018 it had a population of 11,976. As of 2020 its mayor is Roger Gabriel Leiva Gonzales.
In 2021, two workers were stabbed fatally in the village of Berlín.
Demograp ...
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Azacualpa
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Ceguaca
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Chinda
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Concepción del Norte
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Concepción del Sur
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El Nispero
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Gualala
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Ilama
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
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Macuelizo
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Naranjito
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Nueva Frontera
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Nuevo Celilac
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Petoa
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Protección
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Quimistán
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San Francisco de Ojuera
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San José de Colinas
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San Luis
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San Marcos
San Marcos is the Spanish name of Saint Mark. It may also refer to:
Towns and cities Argentina
* San Marcos, Salta
Colombia
* San Marcos, Antioquia
* San Marcos, Sucre
Costa Rica
* San Marcos, Costa Rica (aka San Marcos de Tarrazú)
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San Nicolás
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San Pedro Zacapa
San Pedro Zacapa () is a Municipalities of Honduras, municipality in the Honduras, Honduran Departments of Honduras, department of Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras, Santa Bárbara.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, San Ped ...
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Santa Bárbara
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Santa Rita
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San Vicente Centenario
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Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...
Notes
References
Departments of Honduras
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