Lempira Department

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Lempira Department is a mountainous administrative region in western Honduras known for its rugged terrain, indigenous Lenca culture, and proximity to the country’s highest peaks.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lempira Department canonical 3
Intibucá Department 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Honduras
administrativeCenter Gracias
borders Copán Department NERFINISHED
El Salvador
Intibucá Department NERFINISHED
Ocotepeque Department NERFINISHED
Santa Bárbara Department NERFINISHED
capital Gracias
climate temperate in highlands
warmer in valleys
country Honduras
economy agriculture-based
coffee as cash crop
small-scale livestock
hasCulturalHeritage Lenca pottery
Lenca traditional dress
Lenca traditional festivals
hasEthnicGroup Lenca people
hasHighestPointNearby Cerro Las Minas
hasIndigenousPeople Lenca people
hasMountainRange Celaque massif
hasMunicipality Candelaria
Erandique
Gracias
La Campa
Lepaera
San Manuel Colohete
San Marcos de Caiquín
Valladolid
hasNaturalResource forests
freshwater streams
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasProtectedArea Celaque National Park
hasTourismType cultural tourism
ecotourism
knownFor beans cultivation
coffee production
indigenous Lenca culture
maize cultivation
rugged mountainous terrain
traditional Lenca crafts
locatedIn western Honduras
locatedOnContinent North America
namedAfter Lempira
Lempira
surface form: Lempira (Lenca leader)
partOf Republic of Honduras NERFINISHED
terrain mountainous
rugged
timeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
utcOffset −06:00

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cerro Las Minas locatedIn Lempira Department
Copán Department borders Lempira Department
Comayagua Department borders Lempira Department
this entity surface form: Intibucá Department
Lempira commemoratedBy Lempira Department