El Paraíso Department facts for kids
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El Paraíso Department
Departamento de El Paraíso
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department
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Location of El Paraíso in Honduras
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| Country |  Honduras |
| Municipalities | 19 |
| Villages | 233 |
| Founded | 28 May 1869 |
| Capital city | Yuscarán |
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| • Type | Departmental |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,383 km2 (2,851 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 502,944 |
| • Density | 68.122/km2 (176.435/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CDT) |
| Postal code |
13101, 13201
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| ISO 3166 code | HN-EP |
| HDI (2017) | 0.568 medium · 13th |
| Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013 | |
El Paraíso (Spanish pronunciation: [el paɾaˈiso]) 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. Initially El Paraíso included the jurisdictions of Danlí, Yuscarán and Texiguat, along with the town of Guinope. On December 28, 1878, Texiguat was moved to the department of Tegucigalpa, but subsequently moved back into El Paraíso on October 28, 1886.
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.
Municipalities
See also
In Spanish: Departamento de El Paraíso para niños
