Francisco Morazán (), FMO is one of the departments of Honduras. It is located in the central part of the nation. The departmental capital is

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 ...

, which is also Honduras's national capital. Until 1943 it was known as Tegucigalpa department. It was named after national hero Francisco Morazán. The department is very mountainous, with rugged ranges covered in

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forests; which are rocky and mostly clay. Valleys, like those of Guaimaca, Talanga, and Amarateca, are interspersed among the ranges. Many of the high mountain peaks house

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, like La Tigra National park or Cerro Uyuca. The extreme southeastern portion of the department has a Pacific dry forest environment, while the northern portion contains the ''Montaña de la Flor'', home to the

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. Francisco Morazán department covers a total surface area of and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 1,680,700 people. The coat-of-arms and department flag of Francisco Morazán Department are the same as its capital,

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# Alubarén #

Cedros Cedros, Portuguese and Spanish for ''cedars'', may refer to the following places: Honduras * Cedros, Francisco Morazán, a municipality in the Department of Francisco Morazán Mexico *Cedros Island, an island in the State of Baja California Portu ...

# Curarén #

Distrito Central 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 ...

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) # El Porvenir # Guaimaca # La Libertad # La Venta # Lepaterique # Maraita # Marale # Nueva Armenia #

Ojojona Ojojona is a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morazán, located 34 km south of Tegucigalpa. The town is one of the many touristic places of near the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa. It is also the place of birth of notab ...

# Orica # Reitoca # Sabanagrande #

San Antonio de Oriente San Antonio de Oriente is a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morazán. Population as of 2015 is 15,299. The first occupants came in 1660 in the village ''Mineral de San Antonio'' that is 4 km away from the present town. ...

# San Buenaventura # San Ignacio #

San Juan de Flores Cantarranas is a municipality in the Honduran department of Francisco Morazán José Francisco Morazán Quesada (; born October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842) was a Central American politician who served as president of the Federal Republic ...

# San Miguelito # Santa Ana # Santa Lucía #

Talanga Talanga is a town, with a population of 19,860 (2020 calculation),Citypopulation.de
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# Tatumbla # Valle de Ángeles # Vallecillo # Villa de San Francisco

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