Valle Department

Valle Department
Departamento de Valle
Location of Valle in Honduras
Location of Valle in Honduras
Coordinates: 13°32′N 87°29′W / 13.533°N 87.483°W / 13.533; -87.483
Country Honduras
Municipalities9
Villages86
Founded11 July 1893
Capital cityNacaome
Government
 • TypeDepartmental
 • GobernadorLenín Cruz Padilla (2018-2022) (PNH)
Area
 • Total1,618 km2 (625 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total178,561
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)
 • Total$400 million (2023)[1]
 • Per capita$2,000 (2023)
GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar)
 • Total$900 million (2023)
 • Per capita$4,200 (2023)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code
52101
ISO 3166 codeHN-VA
HDI (2021)0.589[2]
medium · 10th of 18
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3]

Valle is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided.

The departmental capital is Nacaome. The department faces the Gulf of Fonseca and contains mangrove swamps; inland, it is very hot and dry.

The department covers a total surface area of 1,665 km2 and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 178,561 people.

Valle Department was organized in 1893.

  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.