• 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

• Demonym

  Honduran

• Government Presidential Republic

  • President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales
  • Vice President Elvin Ernesto Santos

• 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 2007 estimate 7,483,763² (96th)
  • 2000 census 6,975,204
  • Density 64/km² (128th) 166/sq mi

• GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate

  • otal $30.676 billion[1]
  • Per capita $4,085[1]

• GDP (nominal) 2007 estimate

  • Total $12.279 billion[1]
  • Per capita $1,635[1]

• 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

  
  1 "libre, soberana, solo" is the official motto, the congress order to put it on the coat of arms. The unofficial motto "NO PASARÁN" or "They shall not pass" became popular during the 1969 war with El Salvador. This is an allusion to the El Salvador's stated goal to reach the Honduran Caribbean coast during their offensive.
  2 note: estimates for this country 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 (July 2007 est.)

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