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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter vi. political divisions departments of comayagua, geacias, choluteca, tegucigalpa, olancho, rphe political divisions of Honduras are seven, viz., the departments of Gracias, Comayagua, Choluteca, Tegucigalpa, Olancho, Yoro, and Sta. Barbara. The subjoined table expresses the capital, area, and population of each, as also the aggregate area and population of the state:--honduras--Cap1tal, Comayagua. Each department has a distinct representation in the general Congress of the state, and is governed by an officer appointed by the central government, who bears the title of Jefe Politico, or political chief. Each department is also subdivided into districts, for the convenience of the inhabitants and the better administration of justice. The population in Yoro and Olancho is calculated exclusive of the Indian tribes; and the area of the unsettled country, comprising nearly the whole of the eastern and politically unorganised half of the state, is divided between these two departments. department of comayagua. Districts.--Comayagua, Lajamini, Yucusapa, Siguatepeque, Miambar, Aguanqueterique, Goascoran. Principal Towns.--Las Piedras or Villa de la Paz, Villa de San Antonio, Opoteca, Espino, San Antonio del Norte, Goascoran, and Caridad. The Department of Comayagua, lying in the very centre of Honduras, and comprehending its capital, the ancient city of Comayagua, is entitled to the first place in a notice of the various departmental divisions of the state. Its distinguishing geographical feature is the plain of the same name, to which I have elsewhere ad
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