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The CIA Factbook for 2000 lists the following:
Administrative divisions: 18 departments (departamentos, singular
- departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan,
Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca,
Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa
Barbara, Valle, Yoro
Phil Nelson, 28 August 2000
As far I know some of the departments has flag and others
don't. Intibuca doesn't have flag, neither arms, but after some
years the arms of the Development Comitee of Intibuca are used by
the department autorities as departamental arms. I believe that
flags of the departments capitals are used as departamental flags
when is need, but not all the capitals have flag. Comayagua,
Tegucigalpa (morazan), Trujillo
(Colon) and perhaps some others have flag. If I dont remember
wrong a departamental flag was published in Estandarte.
Jaume Olle', 29 August 2000
Bay Islands
In the zone existed two British colonies. The Protected
Kingdon of the Moquitos (today Miskitos), and the colony of Bay
Islands (today Hondurian province). Both were given up before the
1864 Order-in-Council that permitted colonies to have ensigns
with flag badges - Mosquito Coast in 1860 to Nicaragua and the
Bay Islands in 1859 to Honduras.
Roy Stilling , 26 July 1996
Swan Islands
On November 22, 1971, the US and Honduras signed a treaty
recognizing Honduran sovereignty over the Swan Islands, whih had
been claimed under the Guano Act of 1856. The treaty was
effective September 1, 1972.
Phil Nelson , 27 April 2000
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