The Copan Department is located in the western part of the country. It has a territorial surface of 3,242 km².
The original inhabitants of the department were the Mayans and Chortís organized in tribes and chiefdoms; the Mayans founded the city of Copán on the banks of the Copán River, in a valley of very fertile land. The alliance of the Mayans with a Chortí lordship put into development a very important culture of the pre-hispanic era of Honduras.
Limits
- North: Republic of Guatemala
- South: Department of Ocotepeque
- East: Departments of Santa Bárbara and Lempira
- West: Republic of Guatemala.
