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Olancho Department
Olancho Department
Departamento de Olancho | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
 Location of Olancho in Honduras | |
| Coordinates: 14°36′N 86°12′W / 14.600°N 86.200°W | |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Municipalities | 23 |
| Villages | 287 |
| Founded | 1825[a] |
| Capital city | Juticalpa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Departmental |
| • Governor | Walner Reginaldo Castro Rivera (2014-2022) (PNH) |
| Area | |
• Total | 24,038 km2 (9,281 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 537,306 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar) | |
| • Total | $1.3 billion (2023)[1] |
| • Per capita | $2,000 (2023) |
| GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar) | |
| • Total | $2.7 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | $4,100 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 16101, 16201 |
| ISO 3166 code | HN-OL |
| HDI (2021) | 0.578[2] medium · 14th of 18 |
| Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3] | |
Olancho is the largest of all the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The department covers a total surface area of 24,057 km² and has an estimated 2015 population of 537,306 inhabitants.
The departmental capital is Juticalpa, which is also the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa, which covers the department.
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- ^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "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.
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