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    Introduction


    Part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and one-half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting against leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage.


    Location


    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


    15 00 N, 86 30 W


    Area


    total: 112,090 sq km land: 111,890 sq km water: 200 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly larger than Tennessee


    Land boundaries


    total: 1,520 km border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km


    Coastline


    820 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM


    Climate


    subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains


    Terrain


    mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m


    Natural resources


    timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower


    Land use


    arable land: 15.15% permanent crops: 3.13% other: 81.72% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    760 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast


    Environment - current issues


    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


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast


    Population


    6,823,568 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 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Tegucigalpa


    Phone Code


    +504


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