Honduras Country Info - North America

Description and Basic Information

Honduras with its capital Tegucigalpa is located in North America (Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea). It covers some 112,091 square kilometres (slightly larger than Tennessee) with 7,639,000 citizens. Spanish is the language used in Honduras. Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador are bordering countries.

Honduras is the second biggest country in Central America. It has colonial villages (Gracias, Comayagua), ancient Maya ruins (Copan), natural parks (Moskitia), and a Pacific and Caribbean coastline and the Bay Islands, with great beaches and coral reefs where snorkeling and diving are exceptional by any standard. Good amenities can be found in cities like Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, Tela, Utila, Roatán and at Copan, but elsewhere conditions can be quite basic, especially in the rural areas. Nevertheless a visit is worthwhile, especially to the ancient Maya ruins in Copán, the colonial towns of Gracias and Comayagua, and the fantastic Caribbean Coast.

Pictures from Capital (Tegucigalpa)

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About Honduras

The landscape features mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains. The average density of population is about 68 per km². The climate in Honduras can be described as subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains. Potential threats by nature are frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes or extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast.

To reach someone in Honduras dial +504 prior to a number. There are 830,000 installed telephones. And there are 7,714,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".hn". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 110V - 60Hz. The following list are the 18 regions/states in Honduras we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Honduran population grew at a rate of 1.94% (or by 154,595 citizens). With 39,867 deaths and 204,609 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.06%. -10,147 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Honduras: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.