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	Department
		The department is divided in 19 districts: Areguá Capiatá Fernan...
		Guatemala Department Guatemala is a department in Guatemala.
		The department is divided in 6 provinces: Aniceto Arce Burnet O'Conn...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/department.html (3094 words)

	Encyclopedia: Departments of Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		AtlÃ¡ntida is a department in the north of the nation of Honduras, Central America.
		Omoa is a town in the Cortés department of Honduras, on the Caribbean Sea coast, to the west of Puerto Cortés.
		Puerto Lempira is the capital of the Gracias a Dios department of Honduras.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Departments-of-Honduras (1096 words)

	Duyure
		The capital city of the department is the city of Choluteca, centrally located, and at an altitude of 100 feet.
		The municipality is bordered by the Río Choluteca to the north and west, the national border with Nicaragua to the east, and the municipality of San Marcos de Colón to the south.
		Using the tipping-bucket rain gauge positioned in the foothills of Cerro Guanacáure in the mountain highlands in the department of Choluteca - in an area of particularly extensive flooding and landslides - the researchers found that the rainfall was substantially less than a determined maximum potential rainfall curve.
	www.duyure.org /hmitch.htm (4608 words)

	Choluteca Department -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Choluteca Department -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The departmental capital is (additional info and facts about Choluteca) Choluteca.
		The department covers a total surface area of 4,211
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/choluteca_department.htm (38 words)

	Land reform (Land settlement and cooperatives) - Réforme agraire (Colonisation et coopératives agricoles) ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Choluteca, El Paraiso and Olancho had constantly expelled population and, while the latter two experienced very high levels of pasture expansion over the entire period, by the early 1950s Choluteca was almost completely specialized in ranching and unable to expand much further.
		Choluteca had 26 percent of its area in valleys and twice that area in farms in 1974 (57 percent).
		Choluteca lost area in coffee production but this was compensated by increases in cotton and tobacco, where Choluteca and Valle were the principal areas of cotton production in the country.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/V9828T/v9828t10.htm (14473 words)

	Choluteca Honduras Tips
		Honduras has two different departments (the local equivalent to a state) on the Pacific Coast, the department of Choluteca is on the eastern end of the gulf, bordering Nicaragua, and the department of Valle is on the western end of the Gulf of Fonseca and borders El Salvador.
		The largest city in the area is the city of Choluteca, which is the four largest city in the country, and the only major one on the Pan-American Highway.
		Choluteca sees tourism as an important activity that has focused more on the north coast region than elsewhere in the country, however, they have resolved to get a piece of the action themselves.
	www.hondurastips.honduras.com /english/choluteca.htm (563 words)

	History
		The winding Choluteca River connects the wide and fertile valleys of Honduras' central mountains with the southern mountains along the Pacific slope.
		In the northeastern highlands of the department of Choluteca, it ripped out 60 houses in Duyure and destroyed the entire town of Morolica before descending upon Choluteca's capital.
		It is now as 'Duyure Adelante' that the group works in the service of the people of the community of Duyure, in the department of Choluteca in southern Honduras.
	www.duyure.org /History.html (802 words)

	Honduras Departments
		I have found sources for the populations of the departments in the censuses of 1881, 1895, and 2001, and more details of nineteenth-century changes.
		Choluteca corresponded roughly to modern Choluteca and Valle; Comayagua, to Comayagua and La Paz; Gracias, to Copán, Intibucá, Lempira, and Ocotepeque; Olancho, to Olancho; Santa Bárbara, to Cortés and Santa Bárbara; Tegucigalpa, to El Paraíso and Francisco Morazán; and Yoro, to Atlántida, Colón, Gracias a Dios, Islas de la Bahía, and Yoro.
		The capitals had the same names as their departments, except that Juticalpa was the capital of Olancho.
	www.statoids.com /uhn.html (588 words)

	Description of Choluteca
		General Description: Research in the Choluteca area is conducted at selected estuarine sampling sites and on selected collaborating shrimp farms around the periphery of the Gulf of Fonseca.
		Quality of water is highly variable, depending on the specific source used (gulf embayment, Choluteca River, or riverine estuaries) and on the season.
		Topography: The Choluteca research area is in the low, coastal, estuarine environment of several major rivers and numerous embayments around the periphery of the Gulf of Fonseca.
	pdacrsp.oregonstate.edu /who_we_are/hond/chol/chol_desc.html (631 words)

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		Choluteca is the gate to the Pacific Ocean and is the country's largest producer of shrimp, salt and other lucrative export crops.
		Choluteca was a fertile zone, producing shrimp, salt, cattle and fruit for export.
		Marcovia, located to the southwest of the city of Choluteca, was one of the communities that suffered almost total loss of infrastructure during the flooding caused by Hurricane Mitch.
	www.camo.org /news/mitch_report.htm (3815 words)

	Month 5 - March 2002
		Jennifer went to Choluteca (the department capitol) today with our neighbor Gloria to say goodbye to Gloria's sister who is currently living in Venezuela and was visiting for the month, and to do some shopping.
		When we got to Choluteca I had to say goodbye to Jennifer, this would be the first time we have been a part since field based training.
		I told them the people in the community can go to Choluteca and Teguz and compare prices of what you offer here and will probably change their tune about paying the very small amount they are asking for to type up papers for people.
	www.globalsilveras.com /month5.htm (6523 words)

	Olaf Zerbock in Peace Corps Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Choluteca in general is pretty hot and dry, although right now we're in the end of the rainy season and there's plenty of rain everyday.
		It is located in the southern part of the country in the department of Choluteca ('Cholu-texas' - it's hot, dry, and unless you're from there you think it's probably a not-so-nice place to live, just like its US namesake).
		Recently a friend of mine, who attends school down in the 'big city' of Choluteca, has formed a group of about 20 students who are in the public health track in high school who want to start giving AIDS charlas to other schools.
	peacecorps.mtu.edu /zerbock.htm (7202 words)

	Disaster Epidemiology and Assessment: Investigations \| CDC HSB
		HSB conducted an investigation in the barrio of Istoca in the department of Choluteca.
		HSB selected this community of approximately 3,100 residents in 440 households because it was severely hit by the hurricane and because 300-400 barrels of pesticides were known to have been released in the barrio.
		In collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Health, the CDC team described deaths, injuries, and illnesses related to tornadoes as environmental disasters and conducted a population-based cross-sectional study to assess the effectiveness of warning systems and behavioral reactions during the tornado; and assessed the availability of appropriate resources for disaster relief.
	www.cdc.gov /NCEH/hsb/disaster/invest.htm (982 words)

	HONDURAS
		Choluteca, Inmaculada Concepcion Iglesia Catolica (Catholic Church) Parish Registers (1800-1954), Bapts./Chrs., 1800-1873.
		Choluteca, Inmaculada Concepcion Iglesia Catolica (Catholic Church) Parish Registers (1800-1954), Bapts./Chrs., 1876-1886.
		Choluteca, Inmaculada Concepcion Iglesia Catolica (Catholic Church) Parish Registers (1800-1954), Marriages, 1861-1923.
	www.genealogygeneral.bravehost.com /CAMERICA/Cam_Hon.html (2223 words)

	Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley
		Olancho Department is widely regarded, whether justly or not, as the "Wild West" of Honduras.
		I gained the perspectives of campesinos, small and large ranchers, and two of the military officers who had been assigned to "hunt" Canuto (their words), and was able to put together most (but not all) of what seem to be the key elements of Canuto's extralegal career.
		Daniel Graham is a PhD student in the Department of Geography.
	socrates.berkeley.edu:7001 /Research/graduate/summer2000/graham/graham.html (1217 words)

	Towns and Villages of Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It serves as the administrative center for the departments of Copan, Lempira and Ocotepeque.
		Originally founded as the Villa de Jerez de Choluteca, this city today is the capital of the Department of Choluteca.
		Choluteca sees tourism as an important economic activity and their chief competition has been the northern region.
	www.nvmundo.com /travelinfo/honduras/towns.htm (976 words)

	HONDURAN INTERNATIONAL DONOR HIGHLIGHTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Among those are the installation of electric energy and the donation of an ambulance to serve five localities in the Department of Lempira, in western Honduras.
		The Swedish firm Skanska is involved to two other bridge projects: one over the Bonito River in La Ceiba, Atlantida Department, and the 90 meter Yarumuela bridge in the southwestern department of La Paz, on the Salvadoran border.
		In the Dark: Residents of a recently inaugurated Norwegian-funded housing project in Choluteca Department complain that the Honduran National Electric Company (ENEE) is not supplying electricity to the houses.
	www.usmission.hn /mission/sections/eco_05.htm (1922 words)

	Pesticides Contaminate Flooded Honduran River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		An undetermined quantity of pesticides and other toxic material from chemical and agro-chemical production plants were spilled into the river as a result of the floods provoked by Hurricane Mitch which struck Central America with devastating effect in the last week of October.
		One medical team working in the affected zone treated more than 30 cases of poisoning in the municipality of Marcovia, Department of Choluteca.
		The meeting is to coordinate action for responding to immediate rehabilitation priorities and to prepare for the Consultative Group Meeting for Reconstruction of the Central American Countries convoked during the week of December 7 by the Inter American Development Bank.
	www.chem.unep.ch /pops/POPs_Inc/press_releases/ens01.htm (379 words)

	Honduras
		This is an allusion to the El Salvador's stated goal to reach the Honduran Caribbean coast during their offensive.
		The Pre-Columbian city of Copán is a locale in extreme western Honduras, in the Copán Department, near to the Guatemalan border.
		Note: Some of these articles are based on text from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the U.S. Department of State website.
	creekin.net /n81-honduras.html (1318 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Formed in 1906 from part of Copán Department.
		The department covers a total surface area of 1,680 km² and, in 1991, had an estimatedpopulation of 77,000.
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	immune-system-help.com /san/cop/ocotepeque_department.html (134 words)

	Honduras Indigenous Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Controversy has arisen, however, regarding the identification of this community as indigenous because their native language is no longer spoken and their culture is to a large extent similar to the ladino majority.
		A population of Maya live in the western departments of Copán and Ocotepeque and still speak a Mayan dialect.
		Several hundred Pipil live mainly in the isolated northeast coastal region in the departments of Gracias a Dios and parts of Yoro and Olancho.
	www.country-studies.com /honduras/indigenous-groups.html (228 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Choluteca is the Capital of the Department of Choluteca and is one of the most important cities in Honduras.
		Located 150 kilometers from Tegucigalpa, in a very hot and dry area of the country, it was one of the places most affected by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.
		With the use of a rental house, the team treats more that 100 individuals during each Saturday medical brigade.
	www.mcmhn.org /medical_.htm (512 words)

	Aftermath of Hurricane Mitch
		Continuing on its path across the nation, the storm dumped upwards of 40 inches of rain on the unprepared mountainous central and southern departments of Honduras with unprecedented and devastating results.
		More tragic was the destruction of entire communities and residential districts, such as Morolica in Choluteca department and Guacamaya (between Santa Rita and El Progreso), which were literally wiped off the map by heavy flooding.
		In the fruit export industry, one of the nation's principal moneymakers, a Tela Railroad Company official said in a La Tribuna report that 100 percent of his company's banana and African palm plantations were destroyed with losses and damages (including infrastructure) calculated at $850 million.
	www.marrder.com /htw/special/mitch/7.htm (1958 words)

	americas.org - Prisoners Revolt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In mid-June, 570 inmates in the southern department of Choluteca burnt down their prison.
		About 100 inmates in the southern prison of Nacaome burnt down their jail and escaped, but were recaptured and sent to the Central Penitentiary in Tegucigalpa.
		On August 11, 10 prisoners escaped in the western department of Santa Barbara.
	www.americas.org /item_11850 (232 words)

	Honduras
		Retired General Amilcar Zelaya Rodriguez, the owner of the property in the Amarateca Valley of Francisco Morazan department where the 1982 incidents occurred, was under house arrest at year's end, under charges of complicity.
		In May four farmers in Balfate, Atlantida department were killed when trying to establish a land claim on property owned by a subsidiary of a multinational company.
		During the year, 12 Tolupan were killed in Yoro department in separate incidents because they opposed illegal logging and usurpation of their ancestral lands.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18336.htm (14166 words)

	Honduran Health Alliance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		This project takes place in the southern department of Choluteca, Honduras with member communities of Las Communidades Unidas, a community co-operative.
		A locally run co-operative of six communities in the Southern department of Choluteca, Honduras.
		The group originally formed for the purpose of sustainable development in the area of agriculture and local economic viability and now administers several projects aimed at the development of educational opportunities in the region as well as improving access to health care.
	www.med.unc.edu /hha/organization.htm (544 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Central America: Drought information bulletin No. 01/01
		Eight departments (118 municipalities) are most affected, in particular Choluteca and Valle.
		In Nicaragua, the Ministry of Agriculture states that 22,000 families in seven departments and 32 municipalities in central and northern parts of the country have lost at least half of their maize crop.
		Furthermore, the loss of an initial harvest has meant the depletion of seed reserves which would normally be used for the sowing of the next crop to be harvested in August.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/08392db8151786e7c1256aa000392d70 (829 words)

	DEA - Publications - The Supply of Illicit Drugs to the United States - 96
		These vessels departed the North Coast of Colombia, hugged the Venezuelan coast, and either proceeded directly to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, or Haiti, or kept close to the coasts of the eastern Caribbean islands until they reached their final destinations.
		This was illustrated in 1996 with the seizure of three cocaine shipments from tractor-trailers at the El Guasaule, Choluteca Department, a port of entry on the Honduran-Nicaraguan border.
		Eleven of the largest laboratories, located by authorities in the Departments of Caqueta, Guaviare, Meta, and Vaupes, consisted of between 9 and 18 buildings, with housing for between 35 and 80 workers.
	www.securitymanagement.com /library/dearep.htm (21595 words)

	Closed System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Choluteca Declaration by Greenpeace Choluteca Declaration Declaracion de Choluteca Deforestación
		Also, the development of aquaculture projects must minimize critical habitat destruction (mangroves etc.) and conform to the environmental guidelines set out by the Department of Environment and the Fisheries department.
		The Fisheries Department encourages the culture of indigenous species to reduce or minimize the introduction of exotics into the wild.
	www.evven.netfirms.com /text/closed_system.htm (1212 words)

	INDIGENOUS OPPOSITION TO PUEBLA-PANAMA PLAN FACES REPRESSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher quickly assured that US relations with Guatemala would not be disrupted if Rios Montt is elected.
		The largest department in Honduras by territory, Olancho is largely inhabited by mestizo settlers from the central and southern zones of the country who were encouraged by the government to colonize the wild fronteir to thenorth in the 1960s and ´70s.
		The families, settlers from Choluteca department in the south, hadbeen on the land for over 20 years.
	www.ww3report.com /node/34/print?PHPSESSID=c67f1ea340c4c70e7774f83a3d13622e (2939 words)

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