Valle Department

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

Valle Department

Departamento de Valle
Departmento
Location of Valle in Honduras
Coordinates: 13°32′N 87°29′W
Country Honduras
Municipalities9
Villages86
Founded11 July 1893
Capital cityNacaome
Government
 • TypeDepartmental
 • GobernadorLenín Cruz Padilla (2018-2022) (PNH)
Area
 • Total1,618 km2 (625 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total178,561
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code
52101
ISO 3166 codeHN-VA
HDI (2017)0.586[1]
medium · 8th
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[2]

The departmental capital is Nacaome. The department faces the Gulf of Fonseca 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
  1. Alianza
  2. Amapala
  3. Aramecina
  4. Caridad
  5. Goascorán
  6. Langue
  7. Nacaome
  8. San Francisco de Coray
  9. San Lorenzo

References
  1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. "Consulta Base de datos INE en línea: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2013" [Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (in Spanish). El Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-13.


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