Copan department
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Copan is a department in the west of the nation of Honduras. The departmental capital is the town of Santa Rosa de Copan. Also in the department is the famous Pre-Columbian archaeological site at Copan, one of the greatest cities of the Maya civilization.
Copan department covers a total surface area of 3,203 km² and, in 2001, had an estimated population of about 289,000 people.