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{{Infobox country
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Honduras
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Honduras
| common_name = Honduras
| native_name = {{native name|es|República de Honduras|icon=no}}
| native_name = {{lang|es|República de Honduras}}{{spaces|2}}{{small|([[Honduran Spanish|Spanish]])}}
| common_name = Honduras
| image_flag = Flag of Honduras (darker variant).svg
| image_flag = Flag of Honduras.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Honduras.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Honduras.svg
| national_motto = {{unbulleted list |{{native phrase|es|"Libre, Soberana e Independiente"|italics=off}} |{{small|"Free, Sovereign and Independent"}}}}
| image_map = Honduras (orthographic projection).svg
| national_anthem = "[[National Anthem of Honduras|Himno Nacional de Honduras]]"<br />{{small|"National Anthem of Honduras"}}{{parabr}}{{center|[[File:Honduras National Anthem.ogg]]}}
| national_motto = {{unbulleted list |{{native phrase|es|"Libre, Soberana e Independiente"|italics=off}} |{{small|"Free, Sovereign and Independent"}}}}
| image_map = HND orthographic.svg
| national_anthem = ''[[Himno Nacional de Honduras]]''<br />{{small|''National Anthem of Honduras''}} [[File:Honduras National Anthem.ogg|center]]
| image_map2 =
| official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| capital = [[Tegucigalpa]]
| recognised_languages = [[English language|English]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|14|6|N|87|13|W|type:city}}
| regional_languages = Garifuna, Miskito, Bay Creole English
| largest_city = Tegucigalpa
| ethnic_groups = {{unbulleted list
| official_languages = [[Honduran Spanish|Spanish]]
| 90% [[Mestizo]]<sup>a</sup>
| regional_languages =
| 7% [[Amerindian]]
| ethnic_groups = {{unbulleted list
| 2% [[Afro Honduran|Black]]
| 1% [[White Latin American|White]]
|90% [[Mestizo]] (mixed [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous]] and [[White Latin Americans|White]])
|7% [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous]]
}}
|2% [[Afro-Honduran|Black]]
| ethnic_groups_year = {{lower|0.4em|<ref name=cia>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ho.html Honduras] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515044500/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ho.html |date=2020-05-15 }}. CIA – The World Factbook. Cia.gov. Retrieved on 28 July 2012.</ref>}}
|1% [[White Latin Americans|White]]
| demonym = {{hlist |Honduran |Catracho}}
}}
| capital = [[Tegucigalpa]]
| ethnic_groups_year = 2016
| coordinates = {{Coord|14|6|N|87|13|W|type:city}}
| ethnic_groups_ref = <ref name=cia/>
| largest_city = Tegucigalpa
| religion = {{unbulleted list
| government_type = [[Presidential republic]]
|{{percent|87}} [[Christianity]]
| leader_title1 = [[President of Honduras|President]]
|—{{percent|46}} [[Catholic Church in Honduras|Catholic]]
| leader_name1 = [[Xiomara Castro]]
|—{{percent|41}} [[Protestant]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Honduras]]
|{{percent|10}} [[Irreligion in Latin America|Unaffiliated]]
| leader_name2 = [[Salvador Nasralla]]
|{{percent|2}} Other
| leader_title3 = [[National Congress of Honduras|President of National Congress]]
}}
| leader_name3 = [[Jorge Cálix]]
| religion_ref = <ref name="PewResearch">{{cite web|title=Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/11/Religion-in-Latin-America-11-12-PM-full-PDF.pdf|page=14|access-date=17 December 2019|language=en|date=November 2014}}</ref>
| legislature = [[National Congress of Honduras|National Congress]]
| religion_year = 2014
| sovereignty_type = [[Independence]]
| demonym = {{hlist |[[Hondurans|Honduran]] |Catracho(a)}}
| established_event1 = {{nowrap|Declared<sup>b</sup> from [[Spain]]}}
| government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Presidential system|presidential republic]]
| established_date1 = 15 September 1821
| leader_title1 = [[President of Honduras|President]]
| established_event2 = {{nowrap|Declared from the<br/>[[First Mexican Empire]]}}
| leader_name1 = [[Xiomara Castro]]
| established_date2 = 1 July 1823
| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Honduras|1st Vice President]]
| established_event3 = Declared, as Honduras, from the [[Federal Republic of Central America]]
| leader_name2 = [[Salvador Nasralla]]
| established_date3 = 5 November 1838
| leader_title3 = [[National Congress of Honduras|President of National Congress]]
| area_rank = {{ordinal|102}}
| leader_name3 = [[Luis Redondo Guifarro]]
| area_km2 = 112,492
| legislature = [[National Congress of Honduras|National Congress]]
| area_sq_mi = 43,278 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
| sovereignty_type = [[Independence]]
| percent_water =
| established_event1 = {{nowrap|Declared<sup>b</sup> from [[Spain]]}}
| population_estimate = 8,587,522
| established_date1 = 15 September 1821
| population_estimate_rank = {{ordinal|95}}
| established_event2 = {{nowrap|Declared from the<br />[[First Mexican Empire]]}}
| population_estimate_year = 2018
| established_date2 = 1 July 1823
| population_census = 8,303,771
| established_event3 = Declared, as Honduras, from the [[Federal Republic of Central America]]
| established_date3 = 5 November 1838
| area_km2 = 112,492
| area_rank = 101st <!-- Should match [[List of countries and dependencies by area]] -->
| area_sq_mi = 43,278 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]-->
| percent_water =
| population_estimate = {{UN_Population|Honduras}}{{UN_Population|ref}}
| population_census = 8,303,771
| population_estimate_year = {{UN_Population|Year}}
| population_estimate_rank = 95th
| population_census_year = 2013
| population_census_year = 2013
| population_density_km2 = 85
| population_density_km2 = 85
| population_density_sq_mi = 220 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
| population_density_sq_mi = 221 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]-->
| population_density_rank = {{ordinal|128}}
| population_density_rank = {{ordinal|128}}
| GDP_PPP = $49.010 billion<ref name=imf2 >{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=54&pr.y=9&sy=2016&ey=2020&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=268&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=World Economic Outlook Database, October 2018 |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |website=IMF.org |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP = $49.010 billion
| GDP_PPP_rank = 104th
| GDP_PPP_year = 2018
| GDP_PPP_year = 2018
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $5,817<ref name=imf2 />
| GDP_nominal = $23.835 billion<ref name=imf2 />
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $5,817<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 133rd
| GDP_nominal_year = 2018
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $2,829<ref name=imf2 />
| GDP_nominal = $23.835 billion<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_rank = 108th
| Gini_year = 2018
| GDP_nominal_year = 2018
| Gini_change = <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $2,829<ref name=imf2/>
| Gini = 52.1 <!--number only-->
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 128th
| Gini_ref =
| Gini = 52.1 <!--number only-->
| Gini_rank =
| Gini_year = 2018
| HDI_year = 2019<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
| HDI_change = steady<!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| Gini_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| Gini_ref = <ref name="cia-gini">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coefficient-distribution-of-family-income/country-comparison/ |title=Gini Index coefficient |publisher=CIA World Factbook |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
| HDI = 0.632 <!--number only-->
| Gini_rank =
| HDI_ref =
| HDI = 0.632 <!--number only-->
| HDI_rank = 133rd
| HDI_year = 2019<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
| currency = [[Honduran lempira|Lempira]]
| HDI_change = increase<!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| currency_code = HNL
| HDI_ref = <ref name="UNHDR">{{cite book|title=Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene|date=15 December 2020|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|isbn=978-92-1-126442-5|pages=343–346|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
| time_zone = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
| HDI_rank = 133rd
| utc_offset = −6
| currency = [[Honduran lempira|Lempira]]
| drives_on = right
| currency_code = HNL
| calling_code = [[+504]]
| time_zone = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
| cctld = [[.hn]]
| utc_offset = −6
| footnote_a = Mixture of European and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indian]].
| drives_on = right
| footnote_b = As part of the [[Federal Republic of Central America]].
| calling_code = [[+504]]
| cctld = [[.hn]]
| footnote_a = Mixture of European and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indian]].
| footnote_b = As part of the [[Federal Republic of Central America]].
<!----ORPHANED:
<!----ORPHANED:
|footnote_? = "Libre, soberana e independiente" is the official motto, by congressional order, and was put on the coat of arms.
|footnote_? = "Libre, soberana e independiente" is the official motto, by congressional order, and was put on the coat of arms.
----->| footnotes = Population estimates 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, as of July 2007.
----->| footnotes = Population estimates 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, as of July 2007.
}}
}}


'''Honduras''' is a country in [[Central America]]. Its capital is [[Tegucigalpa]]. Most people of Honduras speak the Spanish language (while English has mostly widely spoken). 7,483,763 people live in Honduras and it is {{convert|112492|km2}} in size. It is next to [[El Salvador]]. To one side is the [[Caribbean Sea]] and to the other in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
'''Honduras''' is a country in [[Central America]]. Its capital is [[Tegucigalpa]]. Most people of Honduras speak the Spanish language (while English has mostly widely spoken). 10,636,227 people live in Honduras and it is {{convert|112492|km2}} in size. It is next to [[El Salvador]]. To one side is the [[Caribbean Sea]] and to the other in the [[Pacific Ocean]].


The ethnic makeup of Honduras is 90% mestizo, 7% amerindian, 2% black, and 1% white.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/honduras/54.htm|title=Honduras - ETHNIC GROUPS|website=countrystudies.us|access-date=2020-03-09}}</ref>
The ethnic makeup of Honduras is 90% mestizo, 7% amerindian, 2% black, and 1% white.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/honduras/54.htm|title=Honduras - ETHNIC GROUPS|website=countrystudies.us|access-date=2020-03-09}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*https://tnh.gob.hn/rnh/
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<ref name=cia>{{cite web|title=Honduras|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/|work=[[The World Factbook]]|date=5 January 2016|access-date=9 February 2016}}</ref>


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Revision as of 13:49, 30 May 2024

Republic of Honduras
República de Honduras  (Spanish)
Coat of arms of Honduras
Coat of arms
Motto: 
  • "Libre, Soberana e Independiente" (Spanish)
  • "Free, Sovereign and Independent"
Anthem: "Himno Nacional de Honduras"
"National Anthem of Honduras"
Location of Honduras
Capital
and largest city
Tegucigalpa
14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.100°N 87.217°W / 14.100; -87.217
Official languagesSpanish
Ethnic groups
(2016)[1]
Religion
(2014)[2]
Demonym(s)
RegierungUnitary presidential republic
• President
Xiomara Castro
Salvador Nasralla
Luis Redondo Guifarro
LegislatureNational Congress
Independence
• Declaredb from Spain
15 September 1821
• Declared from the
First Mexican Empire
1 July 1823
• Declared, as Honduras, from the Federal Republic of Central America
5 November 1838
Area
• Total
112,492 km2 (43,433 sq mi) (101st)
Population
• 2021 estimate
10,278,345[3][4] (95th)
• 2013 census
8,303,771
• Density
85/km2 (220.1/sq mi) (128th)
GDP (PPP)2018 estimate
• Total
$49.010 billion[5] (104th)
• Per capita
$5,817[5] (133rd)
GDP (nominal)2018 estimate
• Total
$23.835 billion[5] (108th)
• Per capita
$2,829[5] (128th)
Gini (2018)Negative increase 52.1[6]
high
HDI (2019)Increase 0.632[7]
medium · 133rd
CurrencyLempira (HNL)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Driving sideright
Calling code+504
ISO 3166 codeHN
Internet TLD.hn
  1. Mixture of European and American Indian.
  2. As part of the Federal Republic of Central America.
Population estimates 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, as of July 2007.

Honduras is a country in Central America. Its capital is Tegucigalpa. Most people of Honduras speak the Spanish language (while English has mostly widely spoken). 10,636,227 people live in Honduras and it is 112,492 square kilometres (43,433 sq mi) in size. It is next to El Salvador. To one side is the Caribbean Sea and to the other in the Pacific Ocean.

The ethnic makeup of Honduras is 90% mestizo, 7% amerindian, 2% black, and 1% white.[8]

Honduras has the world's 4th highest murder rate.[9]

Departments

Departmental division of Honduras

Honduras is divided into 18 departments. The capital city is Tegucigalpa in the Central District.

  1. Atlántida
  2. Choluteca
  3. Colón
  4. Comayagua
  5. Copán
  6. Cortés
  7. El Paraíso
  8. Francisco Morazán
  9. Gracias a Dios
  10. Intibucá
  11. Islas de la Bahía
  12. La Paz
  13. Lempira
  14. Ocotepeque
  15. Olancho
  16. Santa Bárbara
  17. Valle
  18. Yoro

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Honduras.
  1. ↑ "Honduras". The World Factbook. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region" (PDF). November 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2018". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Gini Index coefficient". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Honduras - ETHNIC GROUPS". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  9. ↑ Peter (2020-06-17). "Countries by murder rate – ranked". The Facts Institute. Retrieved 2021-09-13.


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