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Departments Of HondurasThe Central American nation of Honduras is currently divided into 18 departments (departamentos). Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras. Departments of Honduras Evolution of Honduras's territorial organization 1825: The constitutional congress convened in that year orders that the state be divided into seven departments: Comayagua, Santa Brbara, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, Yoro, Olancho, and Gracias (later renamed Lempira). 1834: An extraordinary constitutional assembly reduces the number of departments to four: this attempt fails to prosper, and the 1825 division remains in force. 1869: Congress orders the creation of the departments of La Paz (broken away from Comayagua), El Paraso (from Tegucigalpa and Olancho), Copn (from Gracias), and La Mosquitia (from Yoro). 1872: A department called Victoria is ordered to be split from Choluteca, but this never comes into effect. Islas de la Baha department is founded (the islands were ceded to Honduras by the United Kingdom in 1860). 1881: Parts of Yoro and La Mosquitia are separated to form Coln department. 1883: Intibuc department is formed from sections of La Paz and Gracias. 1893: Valle department (split from Choluteca) and Corts department (split from Santa Brbara) are created. 1902: Parts of Yoro and Coln are taken to form the new department of Atlntida. 1906: Ocotepeque department is created by dividing the territory of Copn. 1957: Coln is divided in two to create Gracias a Dios department. See also Honduras, Departments of
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