Honduras

Honduras is a country in Central America. Its capital is Tegucigalpa. Most people of Honduras speak the Spanish language (while English has mostly widely spoken). 10,636,227 people live in Honduras and it is 112,492 square kilometres (43,433 sq mi) in size. It is next to El Salvador. To one side is the Caribbean Sea and to the other in the Pacific Ocean.

Republic of Honduras
República de Honduras  (Spanish)
Flag of Honduras
Motto: 
Anthem: 
Location of Honduras
Capital
and largest city
Tegucigalpa
14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.100°N 87.217°W / 14.100; -87.217
Official languagesSpanish
Ethnic groups
(2016)[1]
Religion
(2014)[2]
Demonym(s)
GovernmentUnitary presidential republic
• President
Xiomara Castro
Salvador Nasralla
Luis Redondo Guifarro
LegislatureNational Congress
Independence
• Declaredb from Spain
15 September 1821
• Declared from the
First Mexican Empire
1 July 1823
• Declared, as Honduras, from the Federal Republic of Central America
5 November 1838
Area
• Total
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (101st)
Population
• 2016 estimate
9,112,867[3] (95th)
• 2013 census
8,303,771
• Density
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (128th)
GDP (PPP)2018 estimate
• Total
$49.010 billion[4] (104th)
• Per capita
$5,817[4] (133rd)
GDP (nominal)2018 estimate
• Total
$23.835 billion[4] (108th)
• Per capita
$2,829[4] (128th)
Gini (2018) 52.1[5]
high
HDI (2019)Increase 0.632[6]
medium · 133rd
CurrencyLempira (HNL)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Driving sideright
Calling code+504
ISO 3166 codeHN
Internet TLD.hn
  1. Mixture of European and American Indian.
  2. As part of the Federal Republic of Central America.
Population estimates explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected, as of July 2007.

The ethnic makeup of Honduras is 90% mestizo, 7% amerindian, 2% black, and 1% white.[7]

Honduras has the world's 4th highest murder rate.[8]

Departments

 
Departmental division of Honduras

Honduras is divided into 18 departments. The capital city is Tegucigalpa in the Central District.

  1. Atlántida
  2. Choluteca
  3. Colón
  4. Comayagua
  5. Copán
  6. Cortés
  7. El Paraíso
  8. Francisco Morazán
  9. Gracias a Dios
  10. Intibucá
  11. Islas de la Bahía
  12. La Paz
  13. Lempira
  14. Ocotepeque
  15. Olancho
  16. Santa Bárbara
  17. Valle
  18. Yoro

Honduras Media

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References

  1. "Honduras". The World Factbook. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. "Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region" (PDF). November 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2018". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. "Gini Index coefficient". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  7. "Honduras - ETHNIC GROUPS". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  8. Peter (2020-06-17). "Countries by murder rate – ranked". The Facts Institute. Retrieved 2021-09-13.