Many of the high mountain peaks house cloud forests, like La Tigra National park or Cerro Uyuca.

Francisco Morazán department covers a total surface area of 7,946 km2 (3,068 sq mi) and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 1,680,700 people.

[4] In pre-Columbian times the department was inhabited mainly by Lenca Indians in the center and south and Tolupan in the north.

Las Terrazas Ruins as well as the Ayasta caves are examples of organized human presence before European colonization.

The territory began to be colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century and the towns of San Miguel de Tegucigalpa, Santa Lucia, and Ojojona were founded as mining hubs.