Gracias a Dios Department

Gracias a Dios Department
Departamento de Gracias a Dios
Location of Gracias a Dios in Honduras
Location of Gracias a Dios in Honduras
Coordinates: 15°16′N 83°46′W / 15.267°N 83.767°W / 15.267; -83.767
Country Honduras
Municipalities6
Villages69
Founded21 February 1957
Capital cityPuerto Lempira
Government
 • TypeDepartmental
 • GovernorAlberto Samuel Haylock (2014–2022) (PNH)
Area
 • Total15,876 km2 (6,130 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total94,450
 • Density5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)
 • Total$100 million (2023)[1]
 • Per capita$800 (2023)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Total$200 million (2023)
 • Per capita$1,800 (2023)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code
33101
ISO 3166 codeHN-GD
HDI (2021)0.550[2]
medium · 17th of 18
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3]

Gracias a Dios (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾasjas a ˈðjos]; "Thanks to God" or "Thank God") is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Puerto Lempira; until 1975 it was Brus Laguna.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "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.