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.
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| Capital and largest city | Tegucigalpa 14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.100°N 87.217°W |
| Official languages | Spanish |
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| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
| Xiomara Castro | |
| Salvador Nasralla | |
| Luis Redondo Guifarro | |
| Legislature | National 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 |
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• 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) |  0.632[6]medium · 133rd |
| Currency | Lempira (HNL) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +504 |
| ISO 3166 code | HN |
| Internet TLD | .hn |
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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]
Departments
Honduras is divided into 18 departments. The capital city is Tegucigalpa in the Central District.
Honduras Media
Himno Nacional de Honduras performed by the United States Navy Band.
A Maya stela, an emblematic symbol of the Honduran Mayan civilization at Copan
Hernán Cortés, one of the conquerors of Honduras
The Fortaleza de San Fernando de Omoa was built by the Spanish to protect the coast of Honduras from English pirates.
Part of the massive damage caused by Hurricane Mitch in Tegucigalpa, 1998
President Ricardo Maduro with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in August 2003
Topographic map of Honduras. Created with GMT from SRTM data.
Köppen climate types of Honduras
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Honduras". The World Factbook. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region" (PDF). November 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2018". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ "Gini Index coefficient". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Honduras - ETHNIC GROUPS". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ↑ Peter (2020-06-17). "Countries by murder rate – ranked". The Facts Institute. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
