Country Chooser Country InformationHonduras Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:110V
Frequency:60 Hz
Plug types:A & B,
TV Systems:
System:NTSC M
DVD-Region: 4
Geography
Bordering countries:
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
Area:
total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km
water: 200 sq km
Climate:
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
Terrain:
mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
Economy
GDP:
$33.63 billion (2008 est.)
$32.34 billion (2007)
$30.42 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
4% (2008 est.)
6.3% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$4,400 (2008 est.)
$4,300 (2007 est.)
$4,200 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 11.9% (2008 est.)
Currency: lempira (HNL)
Exchange rates:
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
People
Population:
7,792,854
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 1.956% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
Languages:
Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Government
Capital:
name: Tegucigalpa
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November
Independence:
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Note: Information on Honduras was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Honduras, please visit one of the links below.
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