Bay Islands Department
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The State(Province) of Bay Islands Department
Country: Honduras
Cities in Bay Islands Department: Roatán
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Islas de la Bahía ("Bay Islands") is one of the 18 departments of the Central American nation of Honduras. The departmental capital is Roatán, on the island of Roatán. The department covers an area of 261 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 43,018 people. It comprises three geographically separate groups:
- . Islas de la Bahía (with the main islands Roatán, Guanaja and Útila, and numerous satellite islands)
- . Cayos Cochinos, further south
- . Swan Islands, 120 km to the north
