Municipalities of Honduras
Honduras is administratively divided into 18 departments, which are subdivided into 298 municipalities (Spanish: municipios). Municipalities are the only administrative division in Honduras that possess local government. Each municipality has its own elected mayor as opposed to the appointed governors of departments. For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into 3731 aldeas, and those into 27969 caserios.[1] At the lowest level, some caserios are subdivided into 3336 barrios or colonias.
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List of municipalities

Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.
Departmental Capital†
National Capital and Departmental Capital‡
Name | Department | Population (2013)[2] |
Population (2001)[3] |
Change (%) |
Land area (km2)[4] |
Population density | Founding Date[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona | Atlántida | 23,714 | 20,670 | +14.7% | 568.8 | 41.7/km2 | 1990 |
El Porvenir | Atlántida | 21,854 | 15,444 | +41.5% | 280.3 | 78.0/km2 | 1898 |
Esparta | Atlántida | 14,559 | 17,614 | −17.3% | 398.1 | 36.6/km2 | 1902 |
Jutiapa | Atlántida | 34,224 | 30,226 | +13.2% | 533.8 | 64.1/km2 | 1906 |
La Ceiba† | Atlántida | 197,267 | 140,931 | +40.0% | 636.4 | 310.0/km2 | 1877 |
La Masica | Atlántida | 29,427 | 25,509 | +15.4% | 471.0 | 62.5/km2 | 1922 |
San Francisco | Atlántida | 14,559 | 11,206 | +29.9% | 284.3 | 51.2/km2 | 1903 |
Tela | Atlántida | 96,758 | 82,499 | +17.3% | 1,196.4 | 80.9/km2 | 1524 |
Apacilagua | Choluteca | 9,065 | 9,642 | −6.0% | 213.1 | 42.5/km2 | 1831 |
Choluteca† | Choluteca | 152,519 | 134,452 | +13.4% | 1,069.1 | 142.7/km2 | 1535 |
Concepción de María | Choluteca | 26,875 | 25,054 | +7.3% | 156.8 | 171.4/km2 | 1852 |
Duyure | Choluteca | 3,519 | 2,945 | +19.5% | 105.5 | 33.4/km2 | 1895 |
El Corpus | Choluteca | 24,646 | 22,213 | +11.0% | 242.2 | 101.8/km2 | 1827 |
El Triunfo | Choluteca | 43,670 | 36,705 | +19.0% | 301.5 | 144.8/km2 | 1887 |
Marcovia | Choluteca | 45,639 | 42,671 | +7.0% | 482.3 | 94.6/km2 | 1882 |
Morolica | Choluteca | 5,000 | 5,392 | −7.3% | 281.3 | 17.8/km2 | 1843 |
Namasigue | Choluteca | 30,056 | 25,606 | +17.4% | 200.9 | 149.6/km2 | 1887 |
Orocuina | Choluteca | 18,315 | 16,508 | +10.9% | 124.6 | 147.0/km2 | 1646 |
Pespire | Choluteca | 23,913 | 24,734 | −3.3% | 337.7 | 70.8/km2 | 1929 |
San Antonio de Flores | Choluteca | 5,445 | 5,695 | −4.4% | 54.0 | 98.5/km2 | 1881 |
San Isidro | Choluteca | 3,690 | 3,384 | +9.0% | 70.3 | 52.5/km2 | 1876 |
San José | Choluteca | 4,300 | 3,406 | +26.2% | 62.3 | 69.0/km2 | 1861 |
San Marcos de Colón | Choluteca | 26,494 | 21,643 | +22.4% | 582.8 | 45.5/km2 | 1824 |
Santa Ana de Yusguare | Choluteca | 14,474 | 10,755 | +34.6% | 74.3 | 194.8/km2 | 1791 |
Balfate | Colón | 13,103 | 11,677 | +12.2% | 332.3 | 39.4/km2 | 1881 |
Bonito Oriental | Colón | 28,427 | 24,801 | +14.6% | 467.5 | 60.8/km2 | 1987 |
Iriona | Colón | 20,730 | 18,585 | +11.5% | 3,986.9 | 5.2/km2 | 1892 |
Limón | Colón | 13,742 | 9,889 | +39.0% | 598.0 | 23.0/km2 | 1917 |
Sabá | Colón | 29,561 | 21,900 | +35.0% | 344.0 | 85.9/km2 | 1959 |
Santa Fé | Colón | 5,428 | 7,000 | −22.5% | 195.5 | 27.8/km2 | 1881 |
Santa Rosa de Aguán | Colón | 5,376 | 4,929 | +9.1% | 130.5 | 41.2/km2 | 1892 |
Sonaguera | Colón | 43,152 | 37,448 | +15.2% | 388.9 | 111.0/km2 | 1887 |
Tocoa | Colón | 89,849 | 61,370 | +46.4% | 848.1 | 105.9/km2 | 1882 |
Trujillo† | Colón | 60,558 | 49,109 | +23.3% | 957.1 | 63.3/km2 | 1525 |
Ajuterique | Comayagua | 11,356 | 9,113 | +24.6% | |||
Comayagua† | Comayagua | 144,785 | 96,450 | +50.1% | |||
El Rosario | Comayagua | 28,842 | 20,883 | +38.1% | |||
Esquías | Comayagua | 20,519 | 14,916 | +37.6% | |||
Humuya | Comayagua | 1,319 | 1,082 | +21.9% | |||
La Libertad | Comayagua | 25,891 | 18,542 | +39.6% | |||
Lamaní | Comayagua | 7,009 | 5,091 | +37.7% | |||
Las Lajas | Comayagua | 14,311 | 9,011 | +58.8% | |||
La Trinidad | Comayagua | 4,515 | 3,659 | +23.4% | |||
Lejamaní | Comayagua | 5,680 | 4,248 | +33.7% | |||
Meámbar | Comayagua | 12,522 | 10,422 | +20.1% | |||
Minas de Oro | Comayagua | 13,128 | 10,801 | +21.5% | |||
Ojos de Agua | Comayagua | 10,341 | 8,934 | +15.7% | |||
San Jerónimo | Comayagua | 20,979 | 15,547 | +34.9% | |||
San José de Comayagua | Comayagua | 7,797 | 6,085 | +28.1% | |||
San José del Potrero | Comayagua | 6,708 | 5,424 | +23.7% | |||
San Luis | Comayagua | 11,102 | 7,720 | +43.8% | |||
San Sebastián | Comayagua | 3,649 | 2,753 | +32.5% | |||
Siguatepeque | Comayagua | 95,121 | 64,704 | +47.0% | |||
Taulabe | Comayagua | 24,235 | 19,958 | +21.4% | |||
Villa de San Antonio | Comayagua | 23,658 | 17,538 | +34.9% | |||
Cabañas | Copán | 13,727 | 9,818 | +39.8% | |||
Concepción | Copán | 7,720 | 5,625 | +37.2% | |||
Copán Ruinas | Copán | 38,109 | 30,703 | +24.1% | |||
Corquín | Copán | 16,402 | 10,936 | +50.0% | |||
Cucuyagua | Copán | 16,073 | 11,834 | +35.8% | |||
Dolores | Copán | 6,420 | 5,006 | +28.2% | |||
Dulce Nombre | Copán | 5,671 | 4,807 | +18.0% | |||
El Paraíso | Copán | 19,882 | 18,397 | +8.1% | |||
Florida | Copán | 28,331 | 26,703 | +6.1% | |||
La Jigua | Copán | 9,288 | 7,915 | +17.3% | |||
La Unión | Copán | 16,007 | 11,536 | +38.8% | |||
Nueva Arcadia | Copán | 40,350 | 30,136 | +33.9% | |||
San Agustín | Copán | 5,498 | 3,659 | +50.3% | |||
San Antonio | Copán | 9,739 | 9,670 | +0.7% | |||
San Jerónimo | Copán | 5,020 | 4,555 | +10.2% | |||
San José | Copán | 6,975 | 5,397 | +29.2% | |||
San Juan de Opoa | Copán | 9,620 | 7,849 | +22.6% | |||
San Nicolás | Copán | 7,553 | 6,017 | +25.5% | |||
San Pedro | Copán | 7,540 | 5,168 | +45.9% | |||
Santa Rita | Copán | 29,927 | 24,157 | +23.9% | |||
Santa Rosa de Copán† | Copán | 61,083 | 40,309 | +51.5% | |||
Trinidad de Copán | Copán | 6,865 | 5,817 | +18.0% | |||
Veracruz | Copán | 3,259 | 2,752 | +18.4% | |||
Choloma | Cortés | 231,668 | 176,789 | +31.0% | |||
La Lima | Cortés | 62,443 | 62,443 | 0.0% | |||
Omoa | Cortés | 45,179 | 33,559 | +34.6% | |||
Pimienta | Cortés | 18,557 | 13,127 | +41.4% | |||
Potrerillos | Cortés | 18,945 | 18,945 | 0.0% | |||
Puerto Cortés | Cortés | 103,033 | 103,033 | 0.0% | |||
San Antonio de Cortés | Cortés | 19,969 | 19,969 | 0.0% | |||
San Francisco de Yojoa | Cortés | 15,098 | 15,098 | 0.0% | |||
San Manuel | Cortés | 34,320 | 34,320 | 0.0% | |||
San Pedro Sula† | Cortés | 719,064 | 567,713 | +26.7% | |||
Santa Cruz de Yojoa | Cortés | 65,901 | 65,901 | 0.0% | |||
Villanueva | Cortés | 91,613 | 91,613 | 0.0% | |||
Alauca | El Paraíso | 7,886 | 7,886 | 0.0% | |||
Danlí | El Paraíso | 145,024 | 145,024 | 0.0% | |||
El Paraíso | El Paraíso | 36,546 | 36,546 | 0.0% | |||
Guinope | El Paraíso | 7,384 | 7,384 | 0.0% | |||
Jacaleapa | El Paraíso | 3,396 | 3,396 | 0.0% | |||
Liure | El Paraíso | 10,081 | 10,081 | 0.0% | |||
Morocelí | El Paraíso | 13,424 | 13,424 | 0.0% | |||
Oropolí | El Paraíso | 5,492 | 5,492 | 0.0% | |||
Potrerillos | El Paraíso | 3,101 | 3,101 | 0.0% | |||
San Antonio de Flores | El Paraíso | 4,886 | 4,886 | 0.0% | |||
San Lucas | El Paraíso | 6,992 | 6,992 | 0.0% | |||
San Matías | El Paraíso | 4,100 | 4,100 | 0.0% | |||
Soledad | El Paraíso | 10,130 | 10,130 | 0.0% | |||
Teupasenti | El Paraíso | 30,293 | 30,293 | 0.0% | |||
Texiguat | El Paraíso | 8,300 | 8,300 | 0.0% | |||
Trojes | El Paraíso | 35,614 | 35,614 | 0.0% | |||
Vado Ancho | El Paraíso | 3,788 | 3,788 | 0.0% | |||
Yauyupe | El Paraíso | 1,408 | 1,408 | 0.0% | |||
Yuscarán† | El Paraíso | NA | |||||
Alubarén | Francisco Morazán | 5,149 | 5,149 | 0.0% | |||
Cedros | Francisco Morazán | 19,551 | 19,551 | 0.0% | |||
Curarén | Francisco Morazán | 17,277 | 17,277 | 0.0% | |||
Distrito Central‡ | Francisco Morazán | 1,157,509 | 906,129 | +27.7% | |||
El Porvenir | Francisco Morazán | 15,403 | 15,403 | 0.0% | |||
Guaimaca | Francisco Morazán | 21,449 | 21,449 | 0.0% | |||
La Libertad | Francisco Morazán | 2,746 | 2,746 | 0.0% | |||
La Venta | Francisco Morazán | 5,894 | 5,894 | 0.0% | |||
Lepaterique | Francisco Morazán | 13,928 | 13,928 | 0.0% | |||
Maraita | Francisco Morazán | 5,749 | 5,749 | 0.0% | |||
Marale | Francisco Morazán | 7,727 | 7,727 | 0.0% | |||
Nueva Armenia | Francisco Morazán | 2,452 | 2,452 | 0.0% | |||
Ojojona | Francisco Morazán | 8,311 | 8,311 | 0.0% | |||
Orica | Francisco Morazán | 11,601 | 11,601 | 0.0% | |||
Reitoca | Francisco Morazán | 9,903 | 9,903 | 0.0% | |||
Sabanagrande | Francisco Morazán | 15,934 | 15,934 | 0.0% | |||
San Antonio de Oriente | Francisco Morazán | 12,721 | 12,721 | 0.0% | |||
San Buenaventura | Francisco Morazán | 1,962 | 1,962 | 0.0% | |||
San Ignacio | Francisco Morazán | 8,091 | 8,091 | 0.0% | |||
San Juan de Flores | Francisco Morazán | 10,826 | 10,826 | 0.0% | |||
San Miguelito | Francisco Morazán | 1,965 | 1,965 | 0.0% | |||
Santa Ana | Francisco Morazán | 9,086 | 9,086 | 0.0% | |||
Santa Lucía | Francisco Morazán | 6,981 | 6,981 | 0.0% | |||
Talanga | Francisco Morazán | 28,543 | 28,543 | 0.0% | |||
Tatumbla | Francisco Morazán | 4,935 | 4,935 | 0.0% | |||
Valle de Ángeles | Francisco Morazán | 11,338 | 11,338 | 0.0% | |||
Vallecillo | Francisco Morazán | 6,903 | 6,903 | 0.0% | |||
Villa de San Francisco | Francisco Morazán | 8,122 | 8,122 | 0.0% | |||
Ahuas | Gracias a Dios | 6,787 | 6,787 | 0.0% | |||
Brus Laguna | Gracias a Dios | 10,613 | 10,613 | 0.0% | |||
Juan Francisco Bulnes | Gracias a Dios | NA | |||||
Puerto Lempira† | Gracias a Dios | 29,800 | 29,800 | 0.0% | |||
Villeda Morales | Gracias a Dios | NA | |||||
Wampusirpi | Gracias a Dios | NA | |||||
Camasca | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Colomoncagua | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Concepción | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Dolores | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Intibucá | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Jesús de Otoro | Intibucá | NA | |||||
La Esperanza† | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Magdalena | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Masaguara | Intibucá | NA | |||||
San Antonio | Intibucá | NA | |||||
San Francisco de Opalaca | Intibucá | NA | |||||
San Isidro | Intibucá | NA | |||||
San Juan | Intibucá | NA | |||||
San Marco de Sierra | Intibucá | NA | |||||
San Miguelito | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Santa Lucía | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Yamaranguila | Intibucá | NA | |||||
Guanaja | Bay Islands | NA | |||||
José Santos Guardiola | Bay Islands | NA | |||||
Roatán† | Bay Islands | NA | |||||
Útila | Bay Islands | NA | |||||
Aguaqueterique | La Paz | NA | |||||
Cabañas | La Paz | NA | |||||
Cane | La Paz | NA | |||||
Chinacla | La Paz | NA | |||||
Guajiquiro | La Paz | NA | |||||
La Paz† | La Paz | NA | |||||
Lauterique | La Paz | NA | |||||
Marcala | La Paz | NA | |||||
Mercedes de Oriente | La Paz | NA | |||||
Opatoro | La Paz | NA | |||||
San Antonio del Norte | La Paz | NA | |||||
San José | La Paz | NA | |||||
San Juan | La Paz | NA | |||||
San Pedro de Tutule | La Paz | NA | |||||
Santa Ana | La Paz | NA | |||||
Santa Elena | La Paz | NA | |||||
Santa María | La Paz | NA | |||||
Santiago de Puringla | La Paz | NA | |||||
Yarula | La Paz | NA | |||||
Belén | Lempira | NA | |||||
Candelaria | Lempira | NA | |||||
Cololaca | Lempira | NA | |||||
Erandique | Lempira | NA | |||||
Gracias† | Lempira | NA | |||||
Gualcince | Lempira | NA | |||||
Guarita | Lempira | NA | |||||
La Campa | Lempira | NA | |||||
La Iguala | Lempira | NA | |||||
Las Flores | Lempira | NA | |||||
La Unión | Lempira | NA | |||||
La Virtud | Lempira | NA | |||||
Lepaera | Lempira | NA | |||||
Mapulaca | Lempira | NA | |||||
Piraera | Lempira | NA | |||||
San Andrés | Lempira | NA | |||||
San Francisco | Lempira | NA | |||||
San Juan Guarita | Lempira | NA | |||||
San Manuel Colohete | Lempira | NA | |||||
San Marcos de Caiquín | Lempira | NA | |||||
San Rafael | Lempira | NA | |||||
San Sebastian | Lempira | NA | |||||
Santa Cruz | Lempira | NA | |||||
Talgua | Lempira | NA | |||||
Tambla | Lempira | NA | |||||
Tomalá | Lempira | NA | |||||
Valladolid | Lempira | NA | |||||
Virginia | Lempira | NA | |||||
Belén Gualcho | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Concepción | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Dolores Merendon | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Fraternidad | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
La Encarnación | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
La Labor | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Lucerna | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Mercedes | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Ocotepeque† | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
San Fernando | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
San Francisco del Valle | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
San Jorge | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
San Marcos | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Santa Fé | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Sensenti | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Sinuapa | Ocotepeque | NA | |||||
Campamento | Olancho | NA | |||||
Catacamas | Olancho | NA | |||||
Concordia | Olancho | NA | |||||
Dulce Nombre de Culmí | Olancho | NA | |||||
El Rosario | Olancho | NA | |||||
Esquipulas del Norte | Olancho | NA | |||||
Gualaco | Olancho | NA | |||||
Guarizama | Olancho | NA | |||||
Guata | Olancho | NA | |||||
Guayape | Olancho | NA | |||||
Jano | Olancho | NA | |||||
Juticalpa† | Olancho | NA | |||||
La Unión | Olancho | NA | |||||
Mangulile | Olancho | NA | |||||
Manto | Olancho | NA | |||||
Patuca | Olancho | NA | |||||
Salamá | Olancho | NA | |||||
San Esteban | Olancho | NA | |||||
San Francisco de Becerra | Olancho | NA | |||||
San Francisco de la Paz | Olancho | NA | |||||
Santa Maria del Real | Olancho | NA | |||||
Silca | Olancho | NA | |||||
Yocón | Olancho | NA | |||||
Arada | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Atima | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Azacualpa | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Ceguaca | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Chinda | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Concepción del Norte | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Concepción del Sur | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
El Nispero | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Gualala | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Ilama | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Las Vegas | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Macuelizo | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Naranjito | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Nueva Frontera | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Nuevo Celilac | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Petoa | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Protección | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Quimistán | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
San Francisco de Ojuera | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
San José de Colinas | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
San Luis | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
San Marcos | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
San Nicolás | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
San Pedro Zacapa | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Santa Bárbara† | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Santa Rita | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
San Vicente Centenario | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Trinidad | Santa Bárbara | NA | |||||
Alianza | Valle | NA | |||||
Amapala | Valle | NA | |||||
Aramecina | Valle | NA | |||||
Caridad | Valle | NA | |||||
Goascorán | Valle | NA | |||||
Langue | Valle | NA | |||||
Nacaome† | Valle | NA | |||||
San Francisco de Coray | Valle | NA | |||||
San Lorenzo | Valle | NA | |||||
Arenal | Yoro | 5,139 | 5,139 | 0.0% | 169.3 | 1848 | |
El Negrito | Yoro | 37,095 | 37,095 | 0.0% | 514.2 | 1843 | |
El Progreso | Yoro | 188,366 | 157,188 | +19.8% | 536.7 | 351.0/km2 | 1850 |
Jocón | Yoro | 9,591 | 7,743 | +23.9% | 345.8 | 27.7/km2 | 1791 |
Morazán | Yoro | 40,402 | 34,052 | +18.6% | 518.3 | 78.0/km2 | 1843 |
Olanchito | Yoro | 104,609 | 83,749 | +24.9% | 2,028.2 | 51.6/km2 | 1530 |
Santa Rita | Yoro | 20,301 | 18,666 | +8.8% | 149.0 | 136.2/km2 | 1684 |
Sulaco | Yoro | 17,509 | 13,858 | +26.3% | 236.7 | 74.0/km2 | 1654 |
Victoria | Yoro | 33,019 | 26,678 | +23.8% | 795.8 | 41.5/km2 | 1896 |
Yorito | Yoro | 18,823 | 13,412 | +40.3% | 209.1 | 90.0/km2 | 1889 |
Yoro† | Yoro | 86,665 | 67,834 | +27.8% | 2,277.2 | 38.1/km2 | 1852 |
Honduras | 8,303,771 | 6,535,344 | +27.1% |

Municipalities of Honduras
See also
Honduras portal
References
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External links
- "Geo Postal Codes database (Intibucá)". Mapanet. Madrid, España: Divex Turismo, S.L. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- "Cuadro de Códigos de Departamentos y Municipios de Honduras" [Table of Honduran Department and Municipality Codes] (PDF). Registro Nacional de las Personas Honduras (RPN) (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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