La Paz Department (Honduras)

La Paz Department

Departamento de La Paz
La Paz Department Departamento de La Paz
Departmento
	Location of La Paz in Honduras
	Coordinates: 14°20′N 87°41′W / 14.333°N 87.683°W
Country	Honduras
Municipalities	19
Villages	116
Founded	28 May 1869
Capital city	La Paz
Government
• Type	Departmental
• Gobernador	René Melgar (2018-2022) (PNH)
Area
• Total	2,534 km2 (978 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	206,065
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code	15101, 15201
ISO 3166 code	HN-LP
HDI (2017)	0.564; medium · 14th
	Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013

La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: [la pas]) is one of the 18 political and geographic departments of Honduras. The departmental capital is the city of La Paz.

The department covers a total surface area of 2,331 km². In 2015, it had an estimated population of 206,065.

Municipalities

References

^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "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.

External links

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[GlobalDataLab-1] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[INE-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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