Explore Honduras in 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.

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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 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 country consists of 18 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Honduras

Honduras Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Maya Site of Copan

Discovered in 1570 by Diego García de Palacio, the ruins of Copán, one of the most important sites of the Mayan civilization, were not excavated until the 19th century. The ruined...

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Located on the watershed of the Río Plátano, the reserve is one of the few remains of a tropical rainforest in Central America and has an abundant and varied plant and wildlife. In...

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Honduras is growing at an rate of 1.94% (or by 154,595 citizens). Each year 10,147 people leave this country (or 1.30 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.06%. Or an total increase of 164,742 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.