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Gracias a Dios department covers a total surface area of 16,997 km 2 and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 94,450. [citation needed] Although it is the second largest department in the country, it is sparsely populated, and contains extensive pine savannas, swamps, and rainforests. However, the expansion of the agricultural frontier is a ...
1893: Valle department (split from Choluteca) and Cortés department (split from Santa Bárbara) are created. 1902: Parts of Yoro and Colón are taken to form the new department of Atlántida. 1906: Ocotepeque department is created by dividing the territory of Copán. 1957: Colón is divided in two to create Gracias a Dios department.
Puerto Lempira or Auhya Yari is the Miskito capital of the Gracias a Dios department in northeastern Honduras, located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon. Though it does not have paved roads, it is the largest town in the La Mosquitia region.
Get the Brus Laguna, Gracias a Dios Department local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
La Ciudad Blanca is said to be located in la Mosquitia, reportedly in or near the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, a protected World Heritage Site located in Gracias a Dios, Colon and Olancho Departments of Honduras in what archaeologists refer to as the Isthmo-Colombian Area. La Mosquitia is a 32,000 square mile stretch of dense forest, swamps ...
Gracias (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾasjas]) is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department. The municipality has a population of 61,421 and the town a population of 18,550 (2023 calculation). [2] It is located in the mountainous center of western Honduras.
Wampusirpi (Spanish pronunciation: [wampuˈsiɾpi]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios. The municipality has 26 different localities with the largest being Wampusirpi, which is also the municipal head.
People from Gracias a Dios Department (1 C, 1 P) M. Municipalities of the Gracias a Dios Department (6 P) ... La Mosquitia (Honduras) M. Mocorón; R. Rosalind Bank; T.