El Paraíso Department Explained

El Paraíso Department
Native Name:Departamento de El Paraíso
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:department
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Honduras
Coordinates:13.9333°N -137°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Honduras
Subdivision Type1:Municipalities
Subdivision Name1:19
Subdivision Type2:Villages
Subdivision Name2:233
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:28 May 1869
Seat Type:Capital city
Seat:Yuscarán
Government Type:Departmental
Leader Party:PNH
Leader Title:Gobernador
Leader Name:José Antonio Urrutia (2014-2022)
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:7383
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:502944[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)
Demographics1 Title1:Total
Demographics1 Info1:$1.1 billion (2023)[2]
Demographics1 Title2:Per capita
Demographics1 Info2:$2,000 (2023)
Demographics2 Title2:Total
Demographics2 Info2:$2.3 billion (2023)
Demographics2 Title3:Per capita
Demographics2 Info3:$4,100 (2023)
Timezone1:CDT
Utc Offset1:-6
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:13101, 13201
Iso Code:HN-EP
Blank Name Sec1:HDI (2021)
Blank Info Sec1:0.586[3]
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Footnotes:Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[4]

El Paraíso (pronounced as /es/) is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which Honduras is divided.

The territory of El Paraíso was initially part of the departments of Tegucigalpa (renamed Francisco Morazán in 1943) and Olancho after Central America gained its independence in 1825. The department of El Paraíso was created with municipalities taken from the departments of Tegucigalpa and Olancho on 28 May 1869 by congressional decree in the third political division of Honduras, during the presidential term of José María Medina.[5] [6] Initially El Paraíso included the jurisdictions of Danlí, Yuscarán and Texiguat, along with the town of Guinope.[7] On December 28, 1878, Texiguat was moved to the department of Tegucigalpa, but subsequently moved back into El Paraíso on October 28, 1886.[8]

The departmental capital is Yuscarán. El Paraíso is bordered to the north by the department of Olancho, to the south by the department of de Choluteca, to the east by the Republic of Nicaragua, and to the west by the department of Francisco Morazán.

El Paraíso department covers a total surface area of 7489 km2 and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 458,742.[9]

Municipalities

  1. Alauca
  2. Danlí
  3. El Paraíso
  4. Guinope
  5. Jacaleapa
  6. Liure
  7. Morocelí
  8. Oropolí
  9. Potrerillos
  10. San Antonio de Flores
  11. San Lucas
  12. San Matías
  13. Soledad
  14. Teupasenti
  15. Texiguat
  16. Trojes
  17. Vado Ancho
  18. Yauyupe
  19. Yuscarán

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Honduras. www.ine.gob.hn.
  2. Web site: TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series). 2024-01-11.
  3. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.
  4. Web site: Consulta Base de datos INE en línea: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2013 . Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013 . es . 1 August 2018 . Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) . El Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) . 2018-09-13.
  5. Web site: Departamento de El Paraiso. XplorHonduras.com. . es . Department of El Paraíso. 2018-09-13.
  6. Book: Vallejo . Antonio R.. 29 October 1888 . Departamento de El Paraíso . El Paraíso Department . Censo General de la República de Honduras levantado el 15 junio de 1887 . General census of the Republic of Honduras presented June 15, 1887 . PDF . es . Tegucigalpa, Honduras . Tipografía del Gobierno República de Honduras . 1888 . 19 . El Departamento de El Paraíso, debe su creación al Decreto emitido en 28 de Mayo de 1869 por el Congreso extraordinario instalado en Comayagua el 20 del mismo mes. .
  7. Web site: Dinámica Política y Construcción Nacional en Honduras (1838-1872) . Ethel Mercedes Garcia Buchard . 2007 . Centro de Investigacion en Identidad y Cultura Latinoamericanas . Centro de Investigacion en Identidad y Cultura Latinoamericanas (Universidad de Costa Rica) . San José, Costa Rica . 126 . es . Political Dynamics and National State Construction in Honduras (1838-1872) . Thesis . Decreto del Congreso Nacional en que se ordena la erección de tres nuevos departamentos, 28 mayo 1869. Boletín de la Biblioteca y Archivo Nacionales, Nos. 3 y 4, Sept. 1942, p. 34. Según este decreto ... el departamento de El Paraíso lo compondrán los círculos gubernativos de Danlí, Yuscarán y Texiguat incluyendo el pueblo de Güinope que se anexa al círculo de Yuscarán. . 2018-09-14 . 2021-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102151239/http://www.repositorio.ciicla.ucr.ac.cr:8080/bitstream/handle/123456789/312/Tesis%20Ethel%20Garc%C3%ADa.%20Din%C3%A1mica%20politica%20y%20construcci%C3%B3n%20nacional%20estatal%20en%20Honduras%20%281833-1872%29.pdf . dead .
  8. Web site: Antecedentes históricos de los departamentos y municipios de Honduras: 11. Departamento de El Paraíso. Jorge Fernando Martínez Gabourel . 9 March 2011 . monografias.com . es . Historical background of the departments and municipalities of Honduras: 11. Department of El Paraíso. 2018-09-13.
  9. Web site: PROYECCIONES POR DEPARTAMENTO 2014-2030 – INE. www.ine.gob.hn.

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