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República
de
Honduras
Republic
of
Honduras
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Motto: "Libre,
Soberana
e
Independiente.
" (Spanish) |
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Location of Sri Lanka |
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Capital (and largest city) |
Tegucigalpa 14°6′N, 87°13′W |
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| Official languages | Spanish | |
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| Demonym | Honduran | |
| Government | Presidential Republic | |
| - | President | Manuel Zelaya |
| - | Vice President | Elvin Ernesto Santos |
| Independence | ||
| - | from Spain | 15 September 1821 |
| - | from Mexico | 1823 |
| - | from the PUCA | 1838 |
| Area | ||
| - | Total |
112,492 km² (102nd) 43,278 sq mi |
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| - | September 2007 estimate | 7,483,763² (96th) |
| - | 2000 census | 6,975,204 |
| - | Density |
64/km² (128th) 166/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2007 estimate | |
| - | Total | $25.63 billion (106th) |
| - | Per capita | $3,300 (124th) |
| Gini (2003) | 53.8 (high) | |
| HDI (2007) | ▲ 0.700 (medium) (115th) | |
| Currency |
Lempira
(HNL) |
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| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| Internet TLD | .hn | |
| Calling code | +504 | |
| 1 | "libre, soberana, e independiente" is the official motto, the congress order to put it on the coat of arms. The unofficial motto "NO PASARÁN" or "They shall not pass" became popular during the 1969 war with El Salvador. This is an allusion to the El Salvador's stated goal to reach the Honduran Caribbean coast during their offensive. | |
| 2 | 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 2007 est.) | |