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Morazán (department) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 088 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -88.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Bordered by Honduras; composed of deep valleys and high mountains; population evenly settled in lower valleys, except in the northeast region; economy based on henequen, sugar, and fruit; gold and silver mined in small amounts; disrupted by civil unrest in early 1980s. |
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| Morazán (preferred,C,V,French)
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| Morazán, Departamento de (C,V)
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| Departamento de Morazán (C,V,O)
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| Morazán department (C,O)
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| ES08 (C,U,FIPS)
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| department (preferred, C) |
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formed in 1875 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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