Choluteca Department
Departamento de Choluteca | |
|---|---|
 Location of Choluteca in Honduras | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Municipalities | 16 |
| Villages | 198 |
| Founded | June 28, 1825[a] |
| Capital city | Choluteca |
| Government | |
| • Gobernador | Edgardo Tato Loucel (2018–2022) (PNH) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,397 km2 (1,698 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 447,852 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar) | |
| • Total | $1.0 billion (2023)[1] |
| • Per capita | $1,800 (2023) |
| GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar) | |
| • Total | $2.0 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | $3,800 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 51101, 51201 |
| ISO 3166 code | HN-CH |
| HDI (2021) | 0.583[2] medium · 13th of 18 |
| Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3] | |
Choluteca is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is the city of Choluteca. The Choluteca River runs through the department.
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- ^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ "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). August 1, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.