Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Central American nation of Honduras is divided into 18 departments (departamentos). The government of each department is headed by a governor appointed by the President of Honduras. Departamentos of Honduras Atlántida department capital: La Ceiba Choluteca department capital: Cholulteca Colón department capital: Trujillo Comayagua department capital: Comayagua Copán department capital: Santa Rosa de Copan; also includes the Pre-Columbian ruins of Copan Cortés department capital: San Pedro Sula; also includes ports of Puerto Cortes and Omoa El Paraíso department capital: Yuscaran Francisco Morazán department capital: Tegucigalpa (also the national capital) Gracias a Dios department seat: Puerto Lempira Intibucá department capital: La Esperanza Islas de la Bahía (Bay Islands) department capital: Roatan La Paz department capital: La Paz Lempira department capital: Gracias Ocotepeque department capital: Nueva Octopeque Olancho department capital: Juiticalpa Santa Bárbara department capital: Santa Bárbara Valle department capital: Nacaome Yoro department capital: Yoro See also: Honduras, List of places in Honduras This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.