• Location

  Right in the heart of Central America, with Guatemala to the West, El Salvador on the Southwest and Nicaragua to the East. Honduras is a completely tropical country, with access to the Pacific Ocean on the Southwestern part of the territory, and to the Caribbean Ocean on the North.

• Capital(and largest city)

  Tegucigalpa 14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.1, -87.217

• Official languages

  Spanish

• Government Presidential Republic

  • President Porfirilobo

• Independence

  • from Spain September 15, 1821
  • from Mexico 1823
  • from the PUCA May 31, 1838

• Area

  Total 112,492 km² (102nd)
  43,278 sq mi

• Population

  • September 2009 estimate 7,793,848² (96th)
  • 2000 census 6,975,204
  • Density 64/km² (128th) 166/sq mi

• GDP (PPP) 2009 estimate

  • Per capita $3.793  dólars

• GDP (nominal) 2009 estimate

  • 27.991 millions of dólars
    
  • Per capita $3.793

• Gini (2003)

  53.8 (high)

• HDI

  (2007) ▲ 0.700 (medium) (115th)

• Currency

  Lempira (HNL)

• Time zone

  CST (UTC-6) Drives on the right

• Internet TLD

  .hn

• Calling code

  504

   

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