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Capital Honduras : |
Tegucigalpa .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Honduras :
| Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km .
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| Climate Honduras :
| subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains .
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| Life expectancy Honduras :
| 66.15 years .
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| Fertility rate Honduras :
| 3.97 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Honduras :
| democratic constitutional republic .
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| Population Honduras :
| 6 823 568.
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| Area Total Honduras :
| 112,090 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Honduras :
| 322,500 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Honduras :
| 326,500 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Honduras :
| 504.
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| Sex ratio total Honduras :
| 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Honduras ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Honduras ratio 15 64 :
| 0.98 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Honduras ratio 65 :
| 0.9 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Honduras :
| $-279.6 million (2003) |
| HIV Honduras :
| 1.8% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Honduras :
| 53% (1993 est.) |
| Literacy Honduras :
| 76,20% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Honduras :
| 0,60% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Honduras :
| 42.7% (1998) |
| Inflation Honduras :
| 7.7% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Honduras :
| 27.5% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Honduras :
| 168,600 (2002) |
| Location Honduras :
| Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua |
| Geographic Coordinates Honduras :
| 15 00 N, 86 30 W |
| Religion Honduras :
| Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority |
| Administrative region Honduras :
| 18 departments (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 |
| Terrain Honduras :
| mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains |
| Elevation extremes lowest Honduras :
| Caribbean Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Honduras :
| Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m |
| Natural resources Honduras :
| timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower |
| Land use arable land Honduras :
| 9,55% |
| Land use permanentcrops Honduras :
| 3,22% |
| Irrigated land Honduras :
| 760 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Honduras :
| frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast |
| Environment current issues Honduras :
| urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals |
| Geography note Honduras :
| has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast |
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