Honduras is administratively divided into 18 departments which are subdivided into 298 municipalities. Municipalities are the only administrative division in Honduras that possess local government. Each municipality has its own elected mayor as opposed to the appointed governors of departments. For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into 3731 aldeas, and those into 27969 caserios.[1] At the lowest level, some caserios are subdivided into 3336 barrios or colonias.
List of municipalities
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.
San Pedro Sula.
La Ceiba.
Departmental Capital
National Capital and Departmental Capital
| Name | Department | Population (2013)[2] |
Population (2001)[3] |
Change (%) |
Land area (km2)[4] |
Population density | Founding Date[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguaqueterique | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Ahuas | Gracias a Dios | 6,787 | 6,787 | 0.0% | |||
| Ajuterique | Comayagua | 11,356 | 9,113 | +24.6% | |||
| Alauca | El Paraíso | 7,886 | 7,886 | 0.0% | |||
| Alianza | Valle | NA | |||||
| Alubarén | Francisco Morazán | 5,149 | 5,149 | 0.0% | |||
| Amapala | Valle | NA | |||||
| Apacilagua | Choluteca | 9,065 | 9,642 | −6.0% | 213.1 | 42.5/km2 | 1831 |
| Arada | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Aramecina | Valle | NA | |||||
| Arenal | Yoro | 5,139 | 5,139 | 0.0% | 169.3 | 1848 | |
| Arizona | Atlántida | 23,714 | 20,670 | +14.7% | 568.8 | 41.7/km2 | 1990 |
| Atima | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Azacualpa | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Balfate | Colón | 13,103 | 11,677 | +12.2% | 332.3 | 39.4/km2 | 1881 |
| Belén | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Belén Gualcho | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Bonito Oriental | Colón | 28,427 | 24,801 | +14.6% | 467.5 | 60.8/km2 | 1987 |
| Brus Laguna | Gracias a Dios | 10,613 | 10,613 | 0.0% | |||
| Cabañas | Copán | 13,727 | 9,818 | +39.8% | |||
| Cabañas | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Camasca | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Campamento | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Candelaria | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Cane | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Caridad | Valle | NA | |||||
| Catacamas | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Cedros | Francisco Morazán | 19,551 | 19,551 | 0.0% | |||
| Ceguaca | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Chinacla | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Chinda | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Choloma | Cortés | 231,668 | 176,789 | +31.0% | |||
| Choluteca |
Choluteca | 152,519 | 134,452 | +13.4% | 1,069.1 | 142.7/km2 | 1535 |
| Cololaca | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Colomoncagua | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Comayagua |
Comayagua | 144,785 | 96,450 | +50.1% | |||
| Concepción | Copán | 7,720 | 5,625 | +37.2% | |||
| Concepción | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Concepción | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Concepción de María | Choluteca | 26,875 | 25,054 | +7.3% | 156.8 | 171.4/km2 | 1852 |
| Concepción del Norte | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Concepción del Sur | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Concordia | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Copán Ruinas | Copán | 38,109 | 30,703 | +24.1% | |||
| Corquín | Copán | 16,402 | 10,936 | +50.0% | |||
| Cucuyagua | Copán | 16,073 | 11,834 | +35.8% | |||
| Curarén | Francisco Morazán | 17,277 | 17,277 | 0.0% | |||
| Danlí | El Paraíso | 145,024 | 145,024 | 0.0% | |||
| Distrito Central |
Francisco Morazán | 1,157,509 | 906,129 | +27.7% | |||
| Dolores | Copán | 6,420 | 5,006 | +28.2% | |||
| Dolores | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Dolores Merendon | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Dulce Nombre | Copán | 5,671 | 4,807 | +18.0% | |||
| Dulce Nombre de Culmí | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Duyure | Choluteca | 3,519 | 2,945 | +19.5% | 105.5 | 33.4/km2 | 1895 |
| El Corpus | Choluteca | 24,646 | 22,213 | +11.0% | 242.2 | 101.8/km2 | 1827 |
| El Negrito | Yoro | 37,095 | 37,095 | 0.0% | 514.2 | 1843 | |
| El Nispero | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| El Paraíso | Copán | 19,882 | 18,397 | +8.1% | |||
| El Paraíso | El Paraíso | 36,546 | 36,546 | 0.0% | |||
| El Porvenir | Atlántida | 21,854 | 15,444 | +41.5% | 280.3 | 78.0/km2 | 1898 |
| El Porvenir | Francisco Morazán | 15,403 | 15,403 | 0.0% | |||
| El Progreso | Yoro | 188,366 | 157,188 | +19.8% | 536.7 | 351.0/km2 | 1850 |
| El Rosario | Comayagua | 28,842 | 20,883 | +38.1% | |||
| El Rosario | Olancho | NA | |||||
| El Triunfo | Choluteca | 43,670 | 36,705 | +19.0% | 301.5 | 144.8/km2 | 1887 |
| Erandique | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Esparta | Atlántida | 14,559 | 17,614 | −17.3% | 398.1 | 36.6/km2 | 1902 |
| Esquías | Comayagua | 20,519 | 14,916 | +37.6% | |||
| Esquipulas del Norte | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Florida | Copán | 28,331 | 26,703 | +6.1% | |||
| Fraternidad | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Goascorán | Valle | NA | |||||
| Gracias |
Lempira | NA | |||||
| Guaimaca | Francisco Morazán | 21,449 | 21,449 | 0.0% | |||
| Guajiquiro | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Gualaco | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Gualala | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Gualcince | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Guanaja | Bay Islands | NA | |||||
| Guarita | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Guarizama | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Guata | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Guayape | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Guinope | El Paraíso | 7,384 | 7,384 | 0.0% | |||
| Humuya | Comayagua | 1,319 | 1,082 | +21.9% | |||
| Ilama | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Intibucá | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Iriona | Colón | 20,730 | 18,585 | +11.5% | 3,986.9 | 5.2/km2 | 1892 |
| Jacaleapa | El Paraíso | 3,396 | 3,396 | 0.0% | |||
| Jano | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Jesús de Otoro | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Jocón | Yoro | 9,591 | 7,743 | +23.9% | 345.8 | 27.7/km2 | 1791 |
| José Santos Guardiola | Bay Islands | NA | |||||
| Juan Francisco Bulnes | Gracias a Dios | NA | |||||
| Jutiapa | Atlántida | 34,224 | 30,226 | +13.2% | 533.8 | 64.1/km2 | 1906 |
| Juticalpa |
Olancho | NA | |||||
| La Campa | Lempira | NA | |||||
| La Ceiba |
Atlántida | 197,267 | 140,931 | +40.0% | 636.4 | 310.0/km2 | 1877 |
| La Encarnación | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| La Esperanza |
Intibucá | NA | |||||
| La Iguala | Lempira | NA | |||||
| La Jigua | Copán | 9,288 | 7,915 | +17.3% | |||
| La Labor | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| La Libertad | Comayagua | 25,891 | 18,542 | +39.6% | |||
| La Libertad | Francisco Morazán | 2,746 | 2,746 | 0.0% | |||
| La Lima | Cortés | 62,443 | 62,443 | 0.0% | |||
| La Masica | Atlántida | 29,427 | 25,509 | +15.4% | 471.0 | 62.5/km2 | 1922 |
| La Paz |
La Paz | NA | |||||
| La Trinidad | Comayagua | 4,515 | 3,659 | +23.4% | |||
| La Unión | Copán | 16,007 | 11,536 | +38.8% | |||
| La Unión | Lempira | NA | |||||
| La Unión | Olancho | NA | |||||
| La Venta | Francisco Morazán | 5,894 | 5,894 | 0.0% | |||
| La Virtud | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Lamaní | Comayagua | 7,009 | 5,091 | +37.7% | |||
| Langue | Valle | NA | |||||
| Las Flores | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Las Lajas | Comayagua | 14,311 | 9,011 | +58.8% | |||
| Las Vegas | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Lauterique | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Lejamaní | Comayagua | 5,680 | 4,248 | +33.7% | |||
| Lepaera | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Lepaterique | Francisco Morazán | 13,928 | 13,928 | 0.0% | |||
| Limón | Colón | 13,742 | 9,889 | +39.0% | 598.0 | 23.0/km2 | 1917 |
| Liure | El Paraíso | 10,081 | 10,081 | 0.0% | |||
| Lucerna | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Macuelizo | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Magdalena | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Mangulile | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Manto | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Mapulaca | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Maraita | Francisco Morazán | 5,749 | 5,749 | 0.0% | |||
| Marale | Francisco Morazán | 7,727 | 7,727 | 0.0% | |||
| Marcala | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Marcovia | Choluteca | 45,639 | 42,671 | +7.0% | 482.3 | 94.6/km2 | 1882 |
| Masaguara | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Meámbar | Comayagua | 12,522 | 10,422 | +20.1% | |||
| Mercedes | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Mercedes de Oriente | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Minas de Oro | Comayagua | 13,128 | 10,801 | +21.5% | |||
| Morazán | Yoro | 40,402 | 34,052 | +18.6% | 518.3 | 78.0/km2 | 1843 |
| Morocelí | El Paraíso | 13,424 | 13,424 | 0.0% | |||
| Morolica | Choluteca | 5,000 | 5,392 | −7.3% | 281.3 | 17.8/km2 | 1843 |
| Nacaome |
Valle | NA | |||||
| Namasigue | Choluteca | 30,056 | 25,606 | +17.4% | 200.9 | 149.6/km2 | 1887 |
| Naranjito | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Nueva Arcadia | Copán | 40,350 | 30,136 | +33.9% | |||
| Nueva Armenia | Francisco Morazán | 2,452 | 2,452 | 0.0% | |||
| Nueva Frontera | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Nuevo Celilac | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Ocotepeque |
Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Ojojona | Francisco Morazán | 8,311 | 8,311 | 0.0% | |||
| Ojos de Agua | Comayagua | 10,341 | 8,934 | +15.7% | |||
| Olanchito | Yoro | 104,609 | 83,749 | +24.9% | 2,028.2 | 51.6/km2 | 1530 |
| Omoa | Cortés | 45,179 | 33,559 | +34.6% | |||
| Opatoro | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Orica | Francisco Morazán | 11,601 | 11,601 | 0.0% | |||
| Orocuina | Choluteca | 18,315 | 16,508 | +10.9% | 124.6 | 147.0/km2 | 1646 |
| Oropolí | El Paraíso | 5,492 | 5,492 | 0.0% | |||
| Patuca | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Pespire | Choluteca | 23,913 | 24,734 | −3.3% | 337.7 | 70.8/km2 | 1929 |
| Petoa | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Pimienta | Cortés | 18,557 | 13,127 | +41.4% | |||
| Piraera | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Potrerillos | Cortés | 18,945 | 18,945 | 0.0% | |||
| Potrerillos | El Paraíso | 3,101 | 3,101 | 0.0% | |||
| Protección | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Puerto Cortés | Cortés | 103,033 | 103,033 | 0.0% | |||
| Puerto Lempira |
Gracias a Dios | 29,800 | 29,800 | 0.0% | |||
| Quimistán | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Ramón Villeda Morales | Gracias a Dios | NA | |||||
| Reitoca | Francisco Morazán | 9,903 | 9,903 | 0.0% | |||
| Roatán |
Bay Islands | NA | |||||
| Sabá | Colón | 29,561 | 21,900 | +35.0% | 344.0 | 85.9/km2 | 1959 |
| Sabanagrande | Francisco Morazán | 15,934 | 15,934 | 0.0% | |||
| Salamá | Olancho | NA | |||||
| San Agustín | Copán | 5,498 | 3,659 | +50.3% | |||
| San Andrés | Lempira | NA | |||||
| San Antonio | Copán | 9,739 | 9,670 | +0.7% | |||
| San Antonio | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| San Antonio de Cortés | Cortés | 19,969 | 19,969 | 0.0% | |||
| San Antonio de Flores | Choluteca | 5,445 | 5,695 | −4.4% | 54.0 | 98.5/km2 | 1881 |
| San Antonio de Flores | El Paraíso | 4,886 | 4,886 | 0.0% | |||
| San Antonio de Oriente | Francisco Morazán | 12,721 | 12,721 | 0.0% | |||
| San Antonio del Norte | La Paz | NA | |||||
| San Buenaventura | Francisco Morazán | 1,962 | 1,962 | 0.0% | |||
| San Esteban | Olancho | NA | |||||
| San Fernando | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| San Francisco | Atlántida | 14,559 | 11,206 | +29.9% | 284.3 | 51.2/km2 | 1903 |
| San Francisco | Lempira | NA | |||||
| San Francisco de Becerra | Olancho | NA | |||||
| San Francisco de Coray | Valle | NA | |||||
| San Francisco de la Paz | Olancho | NA | |||||
| San Francisco de Ojuera | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| San Francisco de Opalaca | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| San Francisco de Yojoa | Cortés | 15,098 | 15,098 | 0.0% | |||
| San Francisco del Valle | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| San Ignacio | Francisco Morazán | 8,091 | 8,091 | 0.0% | |||
| San Isidro | Choluteca | 3,690 | 3,384 | +9.0% | 70.3 | 52.5/km2 | 1876 |
| San Isidro | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| San Jerónimo | Comayagua | 20,979 | 15,547 | +34.9% | |||
| San Jerónimo | Copán | 5,020 | 4,555 | +10.2% | |||
| San Jorge | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| San José | Choluteca | 4,300 | 3,406 | +26.2% | 62.3 | 69.0/km2 | 1861 |
| San José | Copán | 6,975 | 5,397 | +29.2% | |||
| San José | La Paz | NA | |||||
| San José de Colinas | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| San José de Comayagua | Comayagua | 7,797 | 6,085 | +28.1% | |||
| San José del Potrero | Comayagua | 6,708 | 5,424 | +23.7% | |||
| San Juan | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| San Juan | La Paz | NA | |||||
| San Juan de Flores | Francisco Morazán | 10,826 | 10,826 | 0.0% | |||
| San Juan de Opoa | Copán | 9,620 | 7,849 | +22.6% | |||
| San Juan Guarita | Lempira | NA | |||||
| San Lorenzo | Valle | NA | |||||
| San Lucas | El Paraíso | 6,992 | 6,992 | 0.0% | |||
| San Luis | Comayagua | 11,102 | 7,720 | +43.8% | |||
| San Luis | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| San Manuel | Cortés | 34,320 | 34,320 | 0.0% | |||
| San Manuel Colohete | Lempira | NA | |||||
| San Marco de Sierra | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| San Marcos | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| San Marcos | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| San Marcos de Caiquín | Lempira | NA | |||||
| San Marcos de Colón | Choluteca | 26,494 | 21,643 | +22.4% | 582.8 | 45.5/km2 | 1824 |
| San Matías | El Paraíso | 4,100 | 4,100 | 0.0% | |||
| San Miguelito | Francisco Morazán | 1,965 | 1,965 | 0.0% | |||
| San Miguelito | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| San Nicolás | Copán | 7,553 | 6,017 | +25.5% | |||
| San Nicolás | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| San Pedro de Copán | Copán | 7,540 | 5,168 | +45.9% | |||
| San Pedro de Tutule | La Paz | NA | |||||
| San Pedro Sula |
Cortés | 719,064 | 567,713 | +26.7% | |||
| San Pedro Zacapa | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| San Rafael | Lempira | NA | |||||
| San Sebastian | Lempira | NA | |||||
| San Sebastián | Comayagua | 3,649 | 2,753 | +32.5% | |||
| San Vicente Centenario | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Santa Ana | Francisco Morazán | 9,086 | 9,086 | 0.0% | |||
| Santa Ana | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Santa Ana de Yusguare | Choluteca | 14,474 | 10,755 | +34.6% | 74.3 | 194.8/km2 | 1791 |
| Santa Bárbara |
Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Santa Cruz | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Santa Cruz de Yojoa | Cortés | 65,901 | 65,901 | 0.0% | |||
| Santa Elena | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Santa Fé | Colón | 5,428 | 7,000 | −22.5% | 195.5 | 27.8/km2 | 1881 |
| Santa Fé | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Santa Lucía | Francisco Morazán | 6,981 | 6,981 | 0.0% | |||
| Santa Lucía | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Santa María | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Santa Maria del Real | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Santa Rita | Copán | 29,927 | 24,157 | +23.9% | |||
| Santa Rita | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Santa Rita | Yoro | 20,301 | 18,666 | +8.8% | 149.0 | 136.2/km2 | 1684 |
| Santa Rosa de Aguán | Colón | 5,376 | 4,929 | +9.1% | 130.5 | 41.2/km2 | 1892 |
| Santa Rosa de Copán |
Copán | 61,083 | 40,309 | +51.5% | |||
| Santiago de Puringla | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Sensenti | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Siguatepeque | Comayagua | 95,121 | 64,704 | +47.0% | |||
| Silca | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Sinuapa | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
| Soledad | El Paraíso | 10,130 | 10,130 | 0.0% | |||
| Sonaguera | Colón | 43,152 | 37,448 | +15.2% | 388.9 | 111.0/km2 | 1887 |
| Sulaco | Yoro | 17,509 | 13,858 | +26.3% | 236.7 | 74.0/km2 | 1654 |
| Talanga | Francisco Morazán | 28,543 | 28,543 | 0.0% | |||
| Talgua | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Tambla | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Tatumbla | Francisco Morazán | 4,935 | 4,935 | 0.0% | |||
| Taulabe | Comayagua | 24,235 | 19,958 | +21.4% | |||
| Tela | Atlántida | 96,758 | 82,499 | +17.3% | 1,196.4 | 80.9/km2 | 1524 |
| Teupasenti | El Paraíso | 30,293 | 30,293 | 0.0% | |||
| Texiguat | El Paraíso | 8,300 | 8,300 | 0.0% | |||
| Tocoa | Colón | 89,849 | 61,370 | +46.4% | 848.1 | 105.9/km2 | 1882 |
| Tomalá | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Trinidad | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
| Trinidad de Copán | Copán | 6,865 | 5,817 | +18.0% | |||
| Trojes | El Paraíso | 35,614 | 35,614 | 0.0% | |||
| Trujillo |
Colón | 60,558 | 49,109 | +23.3% | 957.1 | 63.3/km2 | 1525 |
| Útila | Bay Islands | NA | |||||
| Vado Ancho | El Paraíso | 3,788 | 3,788 | 0.0% | |||
| Valladolid | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Valle de Ángeles | Francisco Morazán | 11,338 | 11,338 | 0.0% | |||
| Vallecillo | Francisco Morazán | 6,903 | 6,903 | 0.0% | |||
| Veracruz | Copán | 3,259 | 2,752 | +18.4% | |||
| Victoria | Yoro | 33,019 | 26,678 | +23.8% | 795.8 | 41.5/km2 | 1896 |
| Villa de San Antonio | Comayagua | 23,658 | 17,538 | +34.9% | |||
| Villa de San Francisco | Francisco Morazán | 8,122 | 8,122 | 0.0% | |||
| Villanueva | Cortés | 91,613 | 91,613 | 0.0% | |||
| Virginia | Lempira | NA | |||||
| Wampusirpi | Gracias a Dios | NA | |||||
| Yamaranguila | Intibucá | NA | |||||
| Yarula | La Paz | NA | |||||
| Yauyupe | El Paraíso | 1,408 | 1,408 | 0.0% | |||
| Yocón | Olancho | NA | |||||
| Yorito | Yoro | 18,823 | 13,412 | +40.3% | 209.1 | 90.0/km2 | 1889 |
| Yoro |
Yoro | 86,665 | 67,834 | +27.8% | 2,277.2 | 38.1/km2 | 1852 |
| Yuscarán |
El Paraíso | NA | |||||
| Honduras | 8,303,771 | 6,535,344 | +27.1% | ‘ |
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