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Choluteca was created as a division of colonial rule from
Guatemala in March 1535. Upon independence from Spain, the department of Choluteca was created on June 28, 1825, as one of the seven original departments in which Honduras was divided after independence during the government of the first head
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Choluteca is the southernmost department of
Honduras with an area of 4360 km. In 2015 it had an estimated population of 447,852 inhabitants. Chuleteca has many lands that are used for agriculture, fishing, sugar production, and shrimp farms. The head of the department is the city of
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Honduras in 1825.
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