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Honduras - Travel guideHonduras - Country backgroundOnce part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a 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 leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. |
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| Country full name : | conventional long form: Republic of Honduras conventional short form: Honduras local long form: Republica de Honduras local short form: Honduras |
| Capital : | Tegucigalpa |
| Religions : | Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3% |
| Languages : | Spanish, Amerindian dialects |
| 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 |
| Climate : | subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains |
| Population : | 7,326,496 (July 2006 est.) |
| Nationality : | noun: Honduran(s) adjective: Honduran |
| Ethnic groups : | mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1% |
| Government type : | democratic constitutional republic |
| Administrative divisions: | 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 |
| Legal system : | rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Suffrage : | 18 years of age; universal and compulsory |
| Internet code : | .hn |
| Calling code : | +504 |
| Time zone : | GMT/UTC -6 |
| Electricity : | 110/220V 60Hz |
| National holiday : | Independence Day, 15 September (1821) |
| Interesting link : | Honduras travel guide - Lonely Planet Honduras travel guide - Wikitravel Tourism Office of Honduras |
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