Place:Ocotepeque, Honduras

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NameOcotepeque
Alt namesOcotepequesource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates14.5°N 89°W
Located inHonduras
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Ocotepeque ( 1500 - 1935 )
Inhabited place
Nueva Ocotepeque ( 1935 - )
San Marcos
Unknown
Belén
Concepción
Dolores
Fraternidad
La Encarnación
La Labor
Lucerna
Mercedes
San Fernando
San Francisco
San Jorge
Sensenti
Sinuapa
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Ocotepeque is one of the 18 departments of Honduras, Central America, located in the West and bordering both El Salvador and Guatemala. It was formed in 1906 from part of Copán department. The capital and main city is Nueva Ocotepeque.

The department covers a total surface area of 1,630 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 151,516.

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