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Gracias a Dios (
Spanish:
Thanks to God) is one of the 18
departments (departamentos) into which the
Central American nation of
Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is
Puerto Lempira; until 1975 it was
Brus Laguna. Once a part of the
Mosquito Coast, it was formed in 1957 from all of Mosquitia territory and parts of Colón and Olancho departments, with the boundary running along 85° W from
Cape Camarón south. The department is rather remote and inaccessible by land, though local airlines fly to the main cities.
Gracias a Dios department covers a total surface area of 16,630 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 76,278. Though it is the second largest department in the country, it is sparsely populated, and contains extensive pine savannas, swamps, and
rainforests. However, the expansion of the agricultural frontier is a perennial threat to the natural bounty of the department.