El Paraíso () is one of the 18
departments ''(departamentos)'' into which
Honduras is divided.
The territory of El Paraíso was initially part of the departments of
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
(renamed Francisco Morazán in 1943) and
Olancho after Central America gained its independence in 1825. The department of El Paraíso was created with municipalities taken from the departments of Tegucigalpa and Olancho on 28 May 1869 by congressional decree in the third political division of Honduras, during the presidential term of
José María Medina. Initially El Paraíso included the jurisdictions of
Danlí, Yuscarán and Texiguat, along with the town of Guinope. On December 28, 1878, Texiguat was moved to the department of Tegucigalpa, but subsequently moved back into El Paraíso on October 28, 1886.
The departmental capital is
Yuscarán. El Paraíso is bordered to the north by the department of Olancho, to the south by the department of de Choluteca, to the east by the
Republic of Nicaragua, and to the west by the department of Francisco Morazán.
El Paraíso department covers a total surface area of 7489 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 458,742.
Municipalities
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Alauca
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Danlí
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El Paraíso
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Guinope
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Jacaleapa
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Liure
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Morocelí
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Oropolí
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Potrerillos
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San Antonio de Flores
San Antonio de Flores is a municipality
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.
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San Lucas
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San Matías
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Soledad
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Teupasenti
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Texiguat
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Trojes
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Vado Ancho
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Yauyupe
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Yuscarán
References
Departments of Honduras
States and territories established in 1869
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