Valle Department
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Valle Department
Departamento de Valle | |
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![]() Location of Valle in Honduras | |
Coordinates: 13°32′N 87°29′W / 13.533°N 87.483°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Municipalities | 9 |
Villages | 86 |
Founded | 11 July 1893 |
Capital city | Nacaome |
Government | |
• Type | Departmental |
• Gobernador | Lenín Cruz Padilla (2018-2022) (PNH) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,618 km2 (625 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 178,561 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar) | |
• Total | $400 million (2023)[1] |
• Per capita | $2,000 (2023) |
GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar) | |
• Total | $900 million (2023) |
• Per capita | $4,200 (2023) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CDT) |
Postal code | 52101 |
ISO 3166 code | HN-VA |
HDI (2021) | 0.589[2] medium · 10th of 18 |
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3] |
Valle is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided.
The departmental capital is Nacaome. The department faces the Gulf of Fonseca and contains mangrove swamps; inland, it is very hot and dry.
The department covers a total surface area of 1,665 km2 and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 178,561 people.
Valle Department was organized in 1893.
References
[edit]- ^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "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.