islas de la baha department

Islas de la Baha ("Bay Islands") is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Roatn. The department covers a total surface area of 261 km² and, in 1991, had an estimated population of 24,000. Islas de la Baha comprises the islands of Roatn, Guanaja, Utila, Barbaretta, the Cochinos Cays, and several smaller islets.

Municipalities

Islas de la Baha department is divided into four municipalities (municipios):

History

The Bay Islands were first discovered by Columbus on his fourth voyage to America in 1502. They were later claimed, and successively held, by Great Britain, Spain, and the Dutch United Provinces. Britain finally took control in 1643 and, with the exception of a one-month period of Spanish dominance in 1780, held onto them as a Crown colony, dependent on Jamaica. In 1860, in the aftermath of the William Walker filibustering affair, the British crown recognized Honduran sovereignty and ceded possession of them. The department of Islas de la Baha was officially incorporated into the nation on 14 March 1872. The English language is still the main language on the islands, contrary to the Spanish language of mainland Honduras.

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