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Comayagua Depairtment

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Location o Comayagua depairtment
Location o Comayagua depairtment

Comayagua (Spaingie pronunciation: [komaˈʝaɣwa]) is ane o the 18 depairtments (departamentos) intae which the Central American naition o Honduras is dividit. The depairtmental caipital is Comayagua.

Geografie

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The depairtment covers a tot surface aurie o 5,196 km² an, in 2005, haed a estimatit population o 390,643 fowk.

Economy

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Historically, the depairtment producit gowd, copper, cinnabar, asbestos, an siller. Gems wur mined an aw, includin opal an emerald. The aurie wis kent for "fine" cattle an aw.[1]

Municipalities

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  1. Ajuterique
  2. Comayagua
  3. El Rosario
  4. Esquías
  5. Humuya
  6. La Libertad
  7. Lamaní
  8. Las Lajas
  9. La Trinidad
  10. Lejamaní
  11. Meámbar
  12. Minas de Oro
  13. Ojos de Agua
  14. San Jerónimo
  15. San José de Comayagua
  16. San José del Potrero
  17. San Luis
  18. San Sebastián
  19. Siguatepeque
  20. Taulabé
  21. Villa de San Antonio

References

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  1. ↑ Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. pp. 128–129.

Coordinates: 14°27′N 87°38′W / 14.450°N 87.633°W / 14.450; -87.633

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