The territory that today is the department was inhabited by the Maya-Chortis civilization in the west and north; and Lenca in the extreme south. Its name "Copán" is due to the chief Copán Galel, a warrior who defended his lands before the Spanish colonization. This territory was within the jurisdiction of the colonial city of Gracias a Dios and until May 28, 1869, it was within the jurisdiction of the department of Lempira. On that date it was officially created as the Department of Copán and the city of Santa Rosa de Copán was named as the capital, during the administration of Captain General Don José María Medina. [5]
The Department of Copán is a geographically mountainous area, its main source of income is tourism to the Mayan archaeological sites, followed by the cultivation and production of coffee, tobacco, livestock, agriculture of vegetables and basic grains, production of articles in leather or saddlery, industrial products, etc.
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copán, department, copán, departments, western, part, honduras, departmental, capital, town, santa, rosa, copán, department, well, known, tobacco, fine, cigars, copándepartmentcathedral, santa, rosaflagcoat, armscoordinates, 783country, hondurasmunicipalities2. Copan is one of the departments in the western part of Honduras The departmental capital is the town of Santa Rosa de Copan The department is well known for its tobacco and fine cigars CopandepartmentCathedral of Santa RosaFlagCoat of armsCoordinates 14 46 N 88 47 W 14 767 N 88 783 W 14 767 88 783Country HondurasMunicipalities23Villages337Founded28 May 1869SeatSanta Rosa de CopanGovernment TypeDepartmentalArea Total3 239 km2 1 251 sq mi Population 2015 1 Total382 722 Density120 km2 310 sq mi GDP Nominal 2015 US dollar Total 1 1 billion 2023 2 Per capita 2 300 2023 GDP PPP 2015 int dollar Total 2 2 billion 2023 Per capita 4 700 2023 Time zoneUTC 6 CDT Postal code41101 41202ISO 3166 codeHN CPHDI 2021 0 572 3 medium 15th of 18Statistics derived from Consult INE online database Population and Housing Census 2013 4 The department is famous for its Pre Columbian archaeological site at Copan one of the greatest cities of the Maya civilization The department of Copan covers a total surface area of 3 242 km2 and in 2015 had an estimated population of about 382 722 people Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Economy 4 Municipalities 5 ReferencesEtymology editThe name Copan is from the Mayan Ch orti language History editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The territory that today is the department was inhabited by the Maya Chortis civilization in the west and north and Lenca in the extreme south Its name Copan is due to the chief Copan Galel a warrior who defended his lands before the Spanish colonization This territory was within the jurisdiction of the colonial city of Gracias a Dios and until May 28 1869 it was within the jurisdiction of the department of Lempira On that date it was officially created as the Department of Copan and the city of Santa Rosa de Copan was named as the capital during the administration of Captain General Don Jose Maria Medina 5 Economy editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Department of Copan is a geographically mountainous area its main source of income is tourism to the Mayan archaeological sites followed by the cultivation and production of coffee tobacco livestock agriculture of vegetables and basic grains production of articles in leather or saddlery industrial products etc Municipalities editCabanas Concepcion Copan Ruinas Corquin Cucuyagua Dolores Dulce Nombre El Paraiso Florida La Jigua La Union Nueva Arcadia San Agustin San Antonio San Jeronimo San Jose San Juan de Opoa San Nicolas San Pedro Santa Rita Santa Rosa de Copan Trinidad de Copan VeracruzReferences edit GeoHive Honduras extended 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 linea Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2013 Consult INE online database Population and Housing Census 2013 Instituto Nacional de Estadistica INE in Spanish El Instituto Nacional de Estadistica INE 1 August 2018 Retrieved 2018 09 13 A Canuto Marcello February 2008 The Ties that Bind Administrative strategies in the El Paraiso Valley Department of Copan Honduras PDF nbsp This Honduras location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Copan Department amp oldid 1210879715, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
