Valle_Department
Valle Department
Department in Honduras
Valle is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided.
The departmental capital is Nacaome. The department faces the Gulf of Fonseca and contains mangrove swamps; inland, it is very hot and dry.
The department covers a total surface area of 1,665 km2 and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 178,561 people.
Valle Department was organized in 1893.