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| | Honduras Departments |
 | | Lempira: for Lempira (1499?-1537), native leader in the resistance to the conquistadores; his name means "gentleman of the mountains". |
 | | 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. |
 | | ~1975: Capital of Gracias a Dios department moved from Brus Laguna to Puerto Lempira. |
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