Ocotepeque Department

Ocotepeque Department Departamento de Ocotepeque
department
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Location of Ocotepeque in Honduras
Coordinates: 14°26′N 89°11′W / 14.433°N 89.183°W / 14.433; -89.183
Country	Honduras
Municipalities	16
Villages	126
Founded	17 February 1906
Capital city	Nueva Ocotepeque
Government
• Type	Departmental
• Gobernador	César Osmín Arita Paz (2018-2022) (PNH)
Area
• Total	1,636 km2 (632 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	151,516
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)
• Total	$500 million (2023)
• Per capita	$2,500 (2023)
GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar)
• Total	$1.0 billion (2023)
• Per capita	$5,300 (2023)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code	43101, 43201
ISO 3166 code	HN-OC
HDI (2021)	0.589 medium · 10th of 18
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013

Ocotepeque is one of the 18 departments of Honduras, Central America, located in the West and bordering both El Salvador and Guatemala. It was formed in 1906 from part of Copán department. The capital and main city is Nueva Ocotepeque.

The department covers a total surface area of 1,630 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 151,516.

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^ "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" . Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (in Spanish). El Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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