Map of the Department of Francisco Morazán

North: departments of Comayagua , Yoro and Olancho
South: departments of Valle and Choluteca
East: department of Olancho and El Paraíso
West: department of Comayagua and La Paz

The Department of Francisco Morazán is located in the central part of the country. It has a territorial area of 8,619 km².

The department was created on June 28, 1825, according to the first constitution of the state of Honduras of that same year. On January 11, 1943, President Tiburcio Carias Andino changed the name to Francisco Morazán.

The city was established as the capital of the state of Honduras on October 30, 1880 by President Marco Aurelio Soto, since that date it became the political center where the three powers of the State reside: Executive, Legislative and Judicial, and it is also an important center for the commercial and industrial development of the country.