Ocotepeque

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Ocotepeque
Municipality
Ocotepeque
Coordinates: 14°26′N 89°11′W / 14.433°N 89.183°W / 14.433; -89.183
Country	Honduras
Department	Ocotepeque
Villages	9
Founded	1530
Area
• Municipality	177 km2 (68 sq mi)
Population  (2020 projection)[1]
• Municipality	26,391
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
• Urban	16,575

Ocotepeque is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. The town of Nueva Ocotepeque is the municipal seat and the capital of the department.

The department borders two countries, Guatemala and El Salvador and covers 1,630 km². It is mostly mountainous, and has a population of 111,474 (2006). Its main economic activities are agricultural, including coffee, corn, cabbage, sugar cane, and onions. Due to its favourable location just a few kilometres away from the border with El Salvador at El Poy, as well as the border with Guatemala at Agua Caliente, Ocotepeque has the economic benefit of being a tri-country centre of business. It also attracts residents of smaller neighbouring towns, who come to Ocotepeque to purchase things or to study.