- Choluteca Department
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Choluteca is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. It is the southernmost department of Honduras, bordering the Gulf of Fonseca to the west and the Republic of Nicaragua to the east and south.
The departmental capital is city of Choluteca. There is also a river named Choluteca that runs through the department.
The department covers a total surface area of 4,211 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 420,350 people.
Choluteca department was formed in 1825 as one of the original departments of post-colonial Honduras. It took its current form in 1893 when Valle department was formed out of the westernmost portion of the department.
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Municipalities
Rural Choluteca Department.
- Apacilagua
- Choluteca
- Concepción de María
- Duyure
- El Corpus
- El Triunfo
- Marcovia
- Morolica
- Namasigue
- Orocuina
- Pespire
- San Antonio de Flores
- San Isidro
- San José
- San Marcos de Colón
- Santa Ana de Yusguare
Deputies
The Choluteca Department has a number of 9 deputies elected for the National Congress.
2006-2010 congressional period
Deputie Position in the National Congress Party Victor Manuel Argeñal Espinal* None National Carlos Alfredo Lara Watson Secretary** Liberal Roger Arquímedes Quíroz None National Felipe Nery Méndez Soriano None Liberal Gladys Bernarda Casco Cruz None National Blanca Edith Rivera 2nd Altern Secretary Liberal Mauricio Oliva Herrera None National Adrianna de Jesús Guevara Moncada None Liberal Luis Alfonso Marcia Hernández None DC {*Deceased before the period ended. His substitute continue his charge until the end of the period.}
{** Since June 28, 2009 until the end of the congressional period}
2010-2014 congressional period
Deputie Position in the National Congress Party Juan Francisco Argeñal Espinal None National Gladys Bernarda Casco Cruz None National Yuri Christian Sabas Gutiérrez None Liberal Mauricio Oliva Herrera None National Carlos Alfredo Lara Watson None Liberal Fredy Espinoza Mondragon None National Maria Bertilia Zepeda Lagos None Liberal Yessenia Coely Zelaya Galeas None National Jose Leon Castillo None Liberal Education projects
Girls outside new San Ramón class room in 1999.
Girl with notebook in new class room provided by the 'Solar.net Village' project in a San Ramón school, Choluteca.Atlántida • Bay Islands • Choluteca • Colón • Comayagua • Copán • Cortés • El Paraíso • Francisco Morazán • Gracias a Dios • Intibucá • La Paz • Lempira • Ocotepeque • Olancho • Santa Bárbara • Valle • Yoro
Categories:- Honduras geography stubs
- Choluteca Department
- Departments of Honduras
- States and territories established in 1825
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