Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
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Santa Bárbara is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Santa Bárbara.
Santa Bárbara Department
Departamento de Santa Bárbara | |
|---|---|
 Location of Santa Bárbara in Honduras | |
| Coordinates: 14°55′N 88°14′W / 14.917°N 88.233°W | |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Municipalities | 28 |
| Villages | 370 |
| Founded | 28 June 1825[a] |
| Capital city | Santa Bárbara |
| Government | |
| • Type | Departmental |
| • Gobernador | Wilman Ottoniel Pineda (2018–2022) (PNH) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,013 km2 (1,936 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 434,896 |
| • Density | 87/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar) | |
| • Total | $1.3 billion (2023)[1] |
| • Per capita | $2,300 (2023) |
| GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar) | |
| • Total | $2.6 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | $4,900 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 22101 |
| ISO 3166 code | HN-SB |
| HDI (2021) | 0.593[2] medium · 9th of 18 |
| Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3] | |
Geography
editThe department covers a total surface area of 5,115 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 368,298 people.
Economy
editThe department, historically, is known for harvesting mahogany and cedar trees for exportation.[4]
Municipalities
edit- Arada
- Atima
- Azacualpa
- Ceguaca
- Chinda
- Concepción del Norte
- Concepción del Sur
- El Níspero
- Gualala
- Ilama
- Las Vegas
- Macuelizo
- Naranjito
- Nueva Frontera
- Nuevo Celilac
- Petoa
- Protección
- Quimistán
- San Francisco de Ojuera
- San José de Colinas
- San Luis
- San Marcos
- San Nicolás
- San Pedro Zacapa
- Santa Bárbara
- Santa Rita
- San Vicente Centenario
- Trinidad
Notes
edit- ^ Santa Bárbara was one of the first 7 departments in which the national territory was divided in the first political division of Honduras in 1825.
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.
- ^ Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 119.
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