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Olancho Department
Departamento de Olancho
department
Flag of Olancho Department
Location of Olancho in Honduras
Location of Olancho in Honduras
Coordinates: 14°36′N 86°12′W / 14.600°N 86.200°W / 14.600; -86.200
CountryOlancho Department Honduras
Municipalities23
Villages287
Founded1825[a]
Capital cityJuticalpa
Government
 • TypeDepartmental
 • GovernorWalner Reginaldo Castro Rivera (2014-2022) (PNH)
Area
 • Total24,038 km2 (9,281 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total537,306
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)
 • Total$1.3 billion (2023)[1]
 • Per capita$2,000 (2023)
GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar)
 • Total$2.7 billion (2023)
 • Per capita$4,100 (2023)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code
16101, 16201
ISO 3166 codeHN-OL
HDI (2021)0.578[2]
medium · 14th of 18
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3]

Olancho is the largest of all the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The department covers a total surface area of 24,057 km² and has an estimated 2015 population of 537,306 inhabitants.

The departmental capital is Juticalpa, which is also the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa, which covers the department.


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  1. ^ "TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "Consulta Base de datos INE en línea: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2013" [Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (in Spanish). El Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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