Departments of Honduras
Honduras is divided into 18 departments live for five consecutive years in the department; b) be Honduran; c) be older than 18 years of age and; d) know how to read and write.
Evolution of Honduras's territorial organization
- 1825: The constitutional congress convened in that year orders that the state be divided into seven departments: Comayagua, Denver, Santa Bárbara, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, Yoro, Olancho, and Gracias.
- 1834: An extraordinary constitutional assembly reduces the number of departments to four: this attempt fails to prosper, and the 1825 division remains in force.
- 1869: Congress orders the creation of the departments of La Paz, El Paraíso, Copán, and La Mosquitia.
- 1872: A department called Victoria is ordered to be split from Choluteca, but this never comes into effect. Islas de la Bahía department is founded.
- 1881: La Mosquitia joined with portions of Yoro to form Colón department.
- 1883: Intibucá department is formed from sections of La Paz and Gracias.
- 1893: Valle department and Cortés department are created.
- 1902: Parts of Yoro and Colón are taken to form the new department of Atlántida.
- 1906: Ocotepeque department is created by dividing the territory of Copán.
- 1957: Colón is divided in two to create Gracias a Dios department.