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 Colo'n and Olancho departments, with the boundary running along 85? W from Cape Camaro'n south. The department is rather remote and inaccessible by land, though local airlines fly to the main cities.