Ocotepeque Department

Ocotepeque Department
Departamento de Ocotepeque
Flag of Ocotepeque Department
Coat of arms of Ocotepeque Department
Location of Ocotepeque in Honduras
Location of Ocotepeque in Honduras
Coordinates: 14°26′N 89°11′W / 14.433°N 89.183°W / 14.433; -89.183
Country Honduras
Municipalities16
Villages126
Founded17 February 1906
Capital cityNueva Ocotepeque
Government
 • TypeDepartmental
 • GobernadorCésar Osmín Arita Paz (2018-2022) (PNH)
Area
 • Total1,636 km2 (632 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total151,516
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)
 • Total$500 million (2023)[1]
 • Per capita$2,500 (2023)
GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar)
 • Total$1.0 billion (2023)
 • Per capita$5,300 (2023)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code
43101, 43201
ISO 3166 codeHN-OC
HDI (2021)0.589[2]
medium · 10th of 18
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3]

Ocotepeque is one of the 18 departments of Honduras, Central America, located in the West and bordering both El Salvador and Guatemala. It was formed in 1906 from part of Copán department. The capital and main city is Nueva Ocotepeque.

The department covers a total surface area of 1,630 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 151,516.

  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.