Valle Department

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| name = Valle Department

| native_name = Departamento de Valle

| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = department

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| map_caption = Location of Valle in Honduras

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| subdivision_type1 = Municipalities

| subdivision_name1 = 9

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| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 11 July 1893

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| seat_type = Capital city

| seat = Nacaome

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| government_type = Departmental

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| leader_party = LibRe

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Gonzalo Posadas (2022-2026)

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| population_as_of = 2015

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| population_total = 178561

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| demographics_type1 = GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar)

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| demographics1_title1 = Total

| demographics1_info1 = $400 million (2023){{cite web|url=https://tellusant.com/repo/tb/tellubase_factsheet_hnd.pdf|title=TelluBase—Honduras Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)| access-date = 2024-01-11}}

| demographics1_title2 = Per capita

| demographics1_info2 = $2,000 (2023)

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| demographics2_info2 = $900 million (2023)

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| demographics2_info3 = $4,200 (2023)

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 52101

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| iso_code = HN-VA

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| footnotes = Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gob.hn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=220 |title=Consulta Base de datos INE en línea: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2013 |trans-title=Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013 |language=es |date=1 August 2018 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) |publisher=El Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) |access-date=2018-09-13}}

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Valle is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided.

The departmental capital is Nacaome. The department faces the Gulf of Fonseca and contains mangrove swamps; inland, it is very hot and dry.

The department covers a total surface area of 1,665 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 178,561 people.

Valle Department was organized in 1893.