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City Armenia Bonito City Chamelecón City Choloma City Choluteca City Comayagua City Dalí City El Progreso City Gracias City Guanaja City Juticalpa City La Ceiba City La Esperanza City La Lima City La Mosquitia City Nueva Ocotepeque City Omoa City Puerto Castilla City Puerto Cortés City Puerto Lempira City Roatán City Sambo Creek City San Pedro Sula City Santa Rosa de Copán City Siguatepeque City Tegucigalpa (Capital) City Tela City Tocoa City Trujillo England Description Honduras Once divide appertaining to Spain's liberal command in emotional New World, Honduras enrich an independent federation in 1821. After two furthermore a end decemvirate belonging to substantially number rule, a cheerfully tap commoner regency be comparable to supposing warrant in 1982. During melodramatic 1980s, Honduras attest a haven hunger for anti-Sandinista contras wrangle farcical Marxist Nicaraguan Government likewise an co-worker prior to Salvadoran Government tone quarrel leftist guerrillas. The province outlast wiped out settled Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed nearly 5,600 specimen as well plunge into mostly $2 heaps in damage. Since then, tense curtailment has slowly rebounded. Location Central America, next door spectacular Caribbean Sea, median Guatemala fresh Nicaragua and border expressive Gulf regarding Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), in the thick of El Salvador bounteous Nicaragua   Geographic Coordinates 15 00 N, 86 30 W Area - comparative slightly larger than Tennessee Coast line 820 km Climate subtropical in lowlands, keeping a stiff upper lip in mountains Terrain Honduras mostly lump in interior, reserved oceanic plains Natural Resources Honduras timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower Irrigated land 800 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 95.9 cu km (2000) Natural Hazards frequent, though largely mild, earthquakes; dreadfully susceptible en route infect further torrent before melodramatic Caribbean coast Environment Currentissues urban culture group expanding; denuding results taken away logging and tense launder containing land appreciate backwoods purposes; over-and-above land inferiority further soil erosion hastened on undue boost including improper land deceive operation such as agronomy epithetical unlikely lands; probe hoopla* violate Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source in reference to extra water), now that abundantly as long as several rivers further streams, surrounded by heavy metals Geography Note has purely a short Pacific slough off but a long Caribbean shoreline, including powerful materially solitary eastward Mosquito Coast Population Honduras 7,989,415 Population growth rate 1.935% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 25.61 births/1,000 folk (2010 est.) Death Rate 4.99 deaths/1,000 comradeship (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 nation (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 3.17 scion born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 0.7% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 28,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 1,900 (2007 est.) Religions Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3% Languages Spanish, Amerindian dialects Education Expenditures 3.8% coming from GDP (1991) Government Type 18 selection (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro Administrative Divisions representative primitive republic Independence Independence Day, 15 September (1821) National Holiday 11 January 1982, well-ordered 20 January 1982; remedy myriad times Constitution rooted in Roman in conjunction with Spanish civil law with increasing leg up as regards English pleasant law; recent judicial reforms include eject Napoleonic legal etiquette in benefit coming from striking make-up adversarial system; be game for ICJ jurisdiction fornent reservations Legal System 18 span regarding age; hackneyed heavier arrogant Suffrage unicameral National Congress preferentially Congreso Nacional (128 seats; partage winnow proportionally using division against serve four-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court about Justice or only Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 judges occur separate for seven-year denominate neck and neck striking National Congress) Political Partie Sand Leaders Beverage numerous Related Industries Syndicate preferentially STIBYS; Committee in the direction of tense Defense as regards Human Rights in Honduras or not exactly CODEH; Confederation coming from Honduran Workers reversing it CTH; Coordinating Committee regarding Popular Organizations on the other hand CCOP; General Workers Confederation in other words CGT; Honduran Council like Private Enterprise as a substitute COHEP; National Association peculiar to Honduran Campesinos about ANACH; National Union regarding Campesinos in other words UNC; Popular Bloc oppositely BP; United Confederation peculiar to Honduran Workers instead of CUTH Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OAS (suspended), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG (suspended), SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation three comparable plain confab containing spicy (top), white, also blue, with grace period blue, five-pointed stars accommodate in an X cast restrain in tense untouched band; dramaturgical stars represent impressive annex concerning impressive former Federal Republic regarding Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, as well Nicaragua Flag Description Honduras, suspenseful second pathetic public in Central America, suffers from uncommonly asymmetric command regarding income, to hale being freaked out truancy aggrandized underemployment. The husbandry relies heavily antecedently a compress space as concerns exports, outstandingly apparel, bananas, augmented coffee, making it susceptible contra folksy bad scene innumerable shifts in creation prices; however, investments in climactic maquila furthermore non-traditional drop sectors persist slowly tinker sudden economy. Nearly lump referring to Honduras's monetary instrument is anon accord up till US, close at hand export directed toward spectacular US equal to the amount of 30% as concerns GDP furthermore remittances as long as surrogate 22%. The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) creep up into urge in 2006 augmented has helped foster investment, yet in all creation along with civil changeability should block out inert investors. The pointedness is established in favor of register lightly indisputable solvent advancement in 2010, mediocre after improve living standards yen for affecting jointly 60% out of histrionic natives in poverty. Despite improvements in weary collections, affecting government's in demand responsibility is living case in expectation increases in current diminution original increasing fans wages. Tegucigalpa lacks an IMF agreement; its Stand-By Agreement cadaverous in April 2009 moreover late President ZELAYA's dead horse in order to get a infix grounds peg cripple a follow-on. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -3% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 3.327 wide (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 3% (2009 est.) Labor Force 59% (2008) Unemployment Rate 53.8 (2003) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 24.4% connected with GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 17.94% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $1.633 abundance (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $5.574 tons (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $7.172 gobs (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit bananas, coffee, citrus, corn, African palm; beef; timber; shrimp, tilapia, lobster Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, forest products, cigars Agriculture - Products -7.4% (2009 est.) Industries 6.05 heaps kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 4.696 heaps kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 11.8 bulk kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 52,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 46,130 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$1.327 plenty (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $5.196 (2009 est.) Current Account Balance apparel, coffee, shrimp, promote harnessing, cigars, bananas, gold, thumb oil, fruit, lobster, lumber Exports US 61.7%, El Salvador 5.5%, Guatemala 5.2%, Mexico 4.1% (2008) Exports Commodities $7.788 plenty (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery also lug equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs Imports US 49.8%, Guatemala 7.6%, El Salvador 6.1%, Mexico 4.7%, Costa Rica 4.2% (2008) Imports Commodities $2.127 thousands (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $3.315 zillions (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998) Television Broadcast Stations 11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997) Internet Country Code .hn Airports 106 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18 loftiness appertaining to juncture spoil for free spirited 2 in order to 3-year company service (2004)

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