Gracias a Dios Department

Not to be confused with Gracias, Honduras.
Gracias a Dios Department
Departamento de Gracias a Dios
department
Location of Gracias a Dios in Honduras
Location of Gracias a Dios in Honduras
Coordinates: 15°16′N 83°46′W / 15.267°N 83.767°W / 15.267; -83.767
Country Honduras
Municipalities6
Villages69
Founded21 February 1957
Capital cityPuerto Lempira
Government
 • TypeDepartmental
 • GovernorAlberto Samuel Haylock (2014–2022) (PNH)
Area
 • Total
15,876 km2 (6,130 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
94,450
 • Density5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)
 • Total$100 million (2023)[1]
 • Per capita$800 (2023)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Total$200 million (2023)
 • Per capita$1,800 (2023)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code
33101
ISO 3166 codeHN-GD
HDI (2021)0.550[2]
medium · 17th of 18
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3]

Gracias a Dios (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾasjas a ˈðjos]; "Thanks to God" or "Thank God") is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Puerto Lempira; until 1975 it was Brus Laguna.[citation needed]

History

Once a part of the Mosquito Coast, it was formed in 1957 from all of Mosquitia territory and parts of Colón and Olancho departments, with the boundary running along 85° W from Cape Camarón south. The department is rather remote and inaccessible by land, although local airlines fly to the main cities.[citation needed]

Geography

Gracias a Dios department covers a total surface area of 16,997 km2 and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 94,450. [citation needed]

Although it is the second largest department in the country, it is sparsely populated, and contains extensive pine savannas, swamps, and rainforests. However, the expansion of the agricultural frontier is a perennial threat to the natural bounty of the department.[citation needed]

The department contains the Caratasca Lagoon, the largest lagoon in Honduras.[citation needed]

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Gracias a Dios Department had a population of 90,795. Of these, 81.15% were Indigenous (79.70% Miskito, 0.95% Mayangna), 16.30% Mestizo, 1.58% Black or Afro-Honduran, 0.82% White and 0.15% others.[4]

Crime

Gracias a Dios is known to be a place of relatively high crime. Due to its remoteness and the Honduran government having a relatively low ability to fight crime, trafficking of narcotics is common in Gracias a Dios. Criminal organizations are also common in the area.[5]

Municipalities

  1. Ahuas
  2. Brus Laguna
  3. Juan Francisco Bulnes
  4. Puerto Lempira
  5. Villeda Morales
  6. Wampusirpi

References

  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.
  4. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea
  5. ^ U.S. Department of State (2016-08-04). Honduras Travel Warning. 4 August 2016. Retrieved on 2016-09-15 from https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/honduras-travel-warning.html Archived 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine.


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