Place:Copán, Honduras

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NameCopán
Alt namesCopánsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Copánsource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates14.917°N 88.917°W
Located inHonduras
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Copán
Corquín
Florida
San José de Copán
San Nicolás
Santa Rosa de Copán ( 1700 - )
Trinidad
Unknown
Cabañas
Concepción
Copán Ruinas
Cucuyagua
Dolores
Dulce Nombre
El Paraíso
Guasilica
La Unión
Nueva Arcadia
Quezailica
San Agustín
San Antonio
San Jerónimo
San Juan de Opoa
San Pedro
Santa Rita
Veracruz
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Copán is one of the departments in the western part of Honduras. The departmental capital is the town of Santa Rosa de Copán. The department is well known for its tobacco and fine cigars.

The department is famous for its Pre-Columbian archaeological site at Copán, one of the greatest cities of the Maya civilization.

The department of Copán covers a total surface area of 3,242 km2 and, in 2015, had an estimated population of about 382,722 people.

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