Dolores is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán.Fiallos, Carmen. 1989. "Los Municipios de Honduras".
History The area of Dolores in 1887 was heavily populated, which resembled Santa Rosa de Copan at the time. However, Dolores was not recognized as a municipality until January 1, 1920. Dulce Nombre, another municipality in Copán, was created in 1907. Dolores formed as a member of this municipality on April 11, 1919, where it stayed until becoming its own municipality.Heriberta Laboriel de Meléndez, Hilcia González F. Monografía del Departamento de Copán, Ministerio de Educación Pública, Departamento de Recursos de Aprendizaje, Sección de "Producción de Materiales Educativos", Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (página 179)
Villages Dolores, Copán is home to the following villages: Agua Buena Dolores; which is the head of the municipality El Balsamo or La Canteada El Camalote Joyas Galanas Pasquingal Plan del Naranjo San Antonio Vega Redonda or San Antonio Flores Yaruconte
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Dolores is a town in the mountains (1300 meters) They have an active city government, several churches, a federal police station. There are several small shops and an internet cafe There are many pictures on the internet at https://web.archive.org/web/20090106104603/http://www.rader.org/dolores/dolores.htm