Valle is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is

Nacaome Nacaome, with a population of 19,990 (2020 calculation), is the capital city of the Valle department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Nacaome Municipality. It is a manufacturing and commercial center located on the banks of the Nacaome Riv ...

. The department faces the

Gulf of Fonseca The Gulf of Fonseca ( es, Golfo de Fonseca; ), a part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. History Fonseca Bay was discovered for Europeans in 1522 by Gil González de Ávil ...

and contains mangrove swamps; inland, it is very hot and dry. The department covers a total surface area of 1,665 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 178,561 people. Valle Department was organized in 1893.

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 ...

# Alianza #

Amapala Amapala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Valle. It is formed by El Tigre Island and its satellite islets and rocks in the Gulf of Fonseca. It has an area of and a population of 2,482 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 people ...

# Aramecina # Caridad # Goascorán # Langue #

# San Francisco de Coray # San Lorenzo

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Departments of Honduras States and territories established in 1893 {{Honduras-geo-stub