Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Santa Bárbara is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Santa Bárbara.

Santa Bárbara Department Departamento de Santa Bárbara
department
Location of Santa Bárbara in Honduras
Coordinates: 14°55′N 88°14′W
Country	Honduras
Municipalities	28
Villages	370
Founded	28 June 1825[lower-alpha 1]
Capital city	Santa Bárbara
Government
• Type	Departmental
• Gobernador	Wilman Ottoniel Pineda (2018–2022) (PNH)
Area
• Total	5,013 km2 (1,936 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	434,896
• Density	87/km2 (220/sq mi)
GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)
• Total	$1.3 billion (2023)[1]
• Per capita	$2,300 (2023)
GDP (PPP, 2015 int. dollar)
• Total	$2.6 billion (2023)
• Per capita	$4,900 (2023)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CDT)
Postal code	22101
ISO 3166 code	HN-SB
HDI (2021)	0.593[2] medium · 9th of 18
Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3]

Geography

The department covers a total surface area of 5,115 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 368,298 people.

Economy

The department, historically, is known for harvesting mahogany and cedar trees for exportation.^[4]

Municipalities

1. Arada
2. Atima
3. Azacualpa
4. Ceguaca
5. Chinda
6. Concepción del Norte
7. Concepción del Sur
8. El Níspero
9. Gualala
10. Ilama
11. Las Vegas
12. Macuelizo
13. Naranjito
14. Nueva Frontera
15. Nuevo Celilac
16. Petoa
17. Protección
18. Quimistán
19. San Francisco de Ojuera
20. San José de Colinas
21. San Luis
22. San Marcos
23. San Nicolás
24. San Pedro Zacapa
25. Santa Bárbara
26. Santa Rita
27. San Vicente Centenario
28. Trinidad

Notes

1. Santa Bárbara was one of the first 7 departments in which the national territory was divided in the first political division of Honduras in 1825.

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. Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 119.