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  Honduras - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The Republic of Honduras is an independent country in western Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
Honduras became a state in the United Provinces of Central America in 1821, and an independent republic with the demise of the union in 1840.
Asians in Honduras are mostly of Chinese and Japanese descent.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/h/o/n/Honduras.html   (1728 words)

  
 Honduras
Honduras is a large nation of northern Central America.
Background: Part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became a state of the nation of Central America in 1821, and became an independent republic at the demise of the union in 1840.
During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and an ally to Salvadoran government forces fighting against leftist guerrillas.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ho/Honduras.html   (177 words)

  
 Honduras - Uncyclopedia
Honduras was settled originally by Native Americans, called "Maya" or "Mayanaise", who lived in ruins, like the famous ones near the town of Copán; since western civilization has little regard for Native Americans, their history or their culture, and we are western and fairly civilized, we shall say no more about them here.
Honduras' economy is not diverse, as it depends mainly upon the growth, sale, export and consumption of bananas and banana related narcotics.
Honduras has the largest population of Gypsies in the world, being one of the two places in the world (Honduras and Utah) where the government does not collect a gypsy tax.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Honduras   (1057 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Almost on cue tiny Honduras announced it would be pulling its 370 troops from Iraq "in the shortest po...
Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea and North Pacific Ocean.
The population of Honduras is predominantly of Mestizo descent and Roman Catholic faith.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Honduras   (733 words)

  
 Honduras Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
The second largest of the Central American countries, Honduras is bounded on the N by the Caribbean Sea, on the E and S by Nicaragua, on the SW by El Salvador, and on the W by Guatemala.
Honduras has rich forest resources and deposits of silver, lead, zinc, gold, cadmium, antimony, and copper, but exploitation is hampered by inadequate road and railroad systems, and the country remains underdeveloped.
In 1821, Honduras gained independence from Spain and became part of Iturbide’s Mexican Empire; it was a member of the Central American Federation from 1825 until the organization was dissolved in 1838.
www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Honduras.html   (763 words)

  
 Honduras
Honduras is a independent country in northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
Belize (formerly "British Honduras") is 75 km away across the Bay of Honduras.
During the 1980s, Honduras was used by anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and an ally to Salvadoran government forces fighting against leftist guerrillas.
creekin.net /n81-honduras.html   (1318 words)

  
 Honduras Information Center - honduras flag
The Republic of Honduras is an independent country in western Central America, bordered to the honduras maps west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
The flag of honduras Nationalist and Liberal parties are distinct political parties with their own dedicated band of supporters, but some have pointed out that their interests and policy measures throughout the 23 years of uninterrupted democracy have been very similar.
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas, with GDP per capita at roatan, honduras US$2050 per year (1999).
www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_H_-_L/Honduras.html   (1722 words)

  
 Honduras
Honduras is the only Central American country whose economic center is not the capital (Tegucigalpa) but a town near the Caribbean coast (San Pedro Sula).
Honduras was distinguished from it's neighbors by the totality of the banana companies' control.
In Honduras, as elsewhere in Central America, the banana companies had begun to return some of their lands to the government, but continued to market the bananas grown by small farmers or peasant cooperatives on the returned lands.
www.clas.ufl.edu /users/afburns/afrotrop/Honduras.htm   (664 words)

  
 Honduras - Gurupedia
Honduras is a nation of northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala and
El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and an ally to
www.gurupedia.com /h/ho/honduras.htm   (278 words)

  
 Honduras Information
The Republic of Honduras is an independent country (although they refer to themselves as a "State") in western Central America, bordered to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, the west by Guatemala, and to the south east by Nicaragua.
The Pre-Columbian city of Copán is a locale in western Honduras, near to the Guatemalan border.
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas.
www.hondurasinformation.com   (1477 words)

  
 Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honduras is a country full of Folklore, its famous Lluvia de Peces (Rain of fishes) is unique in the world.
Honduras boasts the oldest functioning clock in the Americas; built by the Moors in the 12th Century and transferred to the cathedral of Comayagua in 1636.
Honduras is considered one of the most violent countries in Central America, which at one point reached 154 murders per every 100,000 inhabitants, compared to the USA which has the still high rate of 4.8 murders per 100,000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honduras   (2822 words)

  
 regional.htm
Honduras, the second largest of Central American countries in terms of area, has a population of about 6,823,568.
In return for economic "support", the U.S. government made Honduras "adjust" its economy to concentrate on export of bananas to the U.S. creating the first "banana republic".
The GDP of Honduras in 2003 was $17.5 billion.
myweb.unomaha.edu /~mpankers/regional.htm   (1453 words)

  
 IN SEARCH OF HIDDEN TRUTHS
HONDURAS, C.A. The publication of this report is the result of a team effort by numerous individuals and organizations worldwide, who continue to work together to unveil the truth about human rights abuses in Honduras.
Honduras had anticipated an expedited response to the government-to-government requests for declassification that it submitted to the United States and to Argentina.
The peoples of Honduras and the United States share a common belief in the principles of democracy--that respect for individual dignity and human rights is inviolate, that government must be accountable to the public.
www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/latin_america/honduras/hidden_truths/hidden.htm   (18896 words)

  
 El Salvador Demographics
Historically, high Salvadoran population density has contributed to tensions with neighboring Honduras, as land-poor Salvadorans emigrated to less densely populated Honduras and established themselves as squatters on unused or underused land.
The least densely populated areas were the northern departments of Chalatenango, Morazan, and Cabanas, encompassing the marginal land and rugged terrain of the descending slopes of mountain ranges that peak in Honduras.
In contrast, the areas of greatest settlement were in the fertile central zone, where there was a large rural population, and in the major urban areas, including the San Salvador metropolitan area (which had 828 persons per square kilometer in 1971), Santa Ana, and San Miguel.
www.country-studies.com /el-salvador/demographics.html   (857 words)

  
 Honduras This Week Online Business & Economics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Honduras’ economy has seen great improvements in access to capital this year, taking place amongst the top 10 countries included in the publication to record the greatest improvements compared with the 2002 index.
Honduras broke relations with Havana in 1961 when Cuba was expelled from the Organization of American States.
Honduras is negotiating similar agreements with seven other countries: Mexico, Nicaragua, Belize, El Salvador, Columbia, Jamaica, and Great Britain for its possession of Grand Cayman.
www.marrder.com /htw/2003may/business.htm   (2683 words)

  
 Education World® - *History : By Region : Central America : Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Honduras Political History Political Reference Desk presents a chronology of Honduran presidents since the Andino regime of the 1930s.
Honduras Links Educational resource for high school teachers and students provides an annotated directory of sites dealing with Honduran history and culture.
Narrative Chronicles of Honduras History professor's workinprogress promises to be a tenvolume, comprehensive history of Honduras.
db.education-world.com /perl/browse?cat_id=10295   (532 words)

  
 The best Travel, Culture and Nature Books, Honduras
Moon Handbooks: Honduras also provides an in-depth exploration of Honduras' geography, plant and animal life, history, and culture, giving you the chance to see this enigmatic country in its historical context.
The fascinating Mayan ruins at Copan, the stunning Caribbean beaches, the colonial gems in and around Tegucigalpa, the majestic rainforests and mountains, and of course, the kaleidoscopic reefs around the Islas de la Bahia (Bay Islands) all of this awaits the curious traveler looking for a perfect blend of culture and nature.
Great perspective of the Honduras Mosquitia, November 9, 1999 Reviewer: Ted Maschal (ted@teddanger.com) from Utila/San Francisco This book provides an interesting account of the recent history of the Mosquitia Coast, and helped greatly with my research of the Legendary lost city of Ciudad Blanca.
www.jpsviewfinder.com /travel/country/honduras/bookshonduras.htm   (1308 words)

  
 Honduras news from InsideCentralAmerica
Honduras has highest rate of children who scrounge garbage dumps to survive
It is located very near to the border of Guatemala and is therefore popular with people traveling in Honduras and other parts of...
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.
www.insidehonduras.com   (446 words)

  
 Honduras Site Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Honduras is the original banana.....street crime - is on the increase in Honduras.
In Spanish, the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras.
Travel-to-Honduras.com Honduras Travel Guide Honduras is a travelers paradise, unrivaled in our shrinking world and home to the largest biological preserve, the best reef diving and the most...
www.got-zip.com /directory/countries/Honduras   (185 words)

  
 Travel Articles for Copan, Honduras
Honduras This Week - Written in English, this periodical is filled with info.
Garifuna Tours - Tela, Honduras - Since 1994 Garifuna Tours provide fun, safe and educational tours of the Caribbean North Coast, Jungle and River Parks.
We consider ourselves as an eco-tour operator and we are committed to mantain low impact operations, support conservation and promote activities to preserve the Garifuna culture.
www.amerispan.com /language_schools_related/more/3620   (850 words)

  
 Honduras Information
World Trade Press, the publishers of this Honduras Information Guide, are experts in providing the information that travellers really want to know, need to know.
Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere with an extraordinarily unequal distribution of income, is banking on expanded trade privileges under the Enhanced Caribbean Basin Initiative and on debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.
On another trade front, Honduras clashed with its neighbor Nicaragua in early 2003 over the latter's 35 percent import duties, which were heavily impacting the Honduran economy.
honduras-information.hotelhonduras.com /honduras-information-home.html   (624 words)

  
 Honduras Culture - Key statistics and demographics of the people of Honduras
The literacy rate is 74 percent of those citizens 15 years and older.
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.
Honduras Climate - Honduras Travel - Travel in Honduras - Honduras Holidays
www.honduras-information.hotelhonduras.com /Honduras-culture-people.htm   (127 words)

  
 Objectives and Lessons on Shabazz Honduras Trip Class - 2002
Geography of where Roatan lies in conjunction to Honduras and Honduras in conjunction to Central America, Central America to America (Miami), and Miami to Wisconsin.
Honduras and England agree any person born on the islands subsequent to the treaty of 1861 are Honduran citizens.
Learned of biodiversity, hiked through parts of forest, touched buttresses of trees and vines, ate termites saw crabs in ponds and swam in paradise under a waterfall.
www.madison.k12.wi.us /shabazz/Trips/honduras/objlessons.html   (909 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Map Filter »
Honduras: Chronic malnutrition and WFP programmes (PDF, 263k)
Honduras and Nicaragua: Borders, roads, settlements, population density, elevation and WFP facilities (JPG, 109k)
Honduras: Tropical Storm Gamma - Situation map (PDF, 89k)
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/doc404?OpenForm&rc=2&cc=hnd   (229 words)

  
 Sandy Bay and West End Marine Park, Roatan, Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The coastal zone within and adjacent to the Marine Park has shown the most extensive development on the island in the past decade.
Since both subsistence fishing and agriculture are essentially small scale activities, the major negative impacts on the marine ecosystem are a direct and indirect result of tourism/residential based coastal development.
Copyright 2005 Sandy Bay and West End Marine Park, Roatan, Honduras.
www.roatanmarinepark.com /demographics.htm   (189 words)

  
 Honduras: A Thumbnail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Since independence in 1838, Honduras has had nearly 300 internal rebellions, civil wars and changes of government -- more than half occurring during the last century.
29 percent of Honduras 6 million people are illiterate.
Infant mortality is 41.8 deaths per 1,000 live births.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /honduras/demographics.shtml   (330 words)

  
 Top20Honduras.com - Your Top20 Guide to Honduras!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It lasted approximately 100 days during the 1980s, Honduras was used by anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and an ally to El Salvadoran government forces fighting against leftist guerrillas.
Honduras has five registered political parties: National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras:PNH)(Conservatives), Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras:PLH), Social Democrats (Partido Innovación Nacional y Social Demócrata:PINU-SD), Social Christians (Partido Demócrata-Cristiano:DC), and Democrat Unification (Partido Unificación Democrática-UD).
The elections have been full of controversies including, questions about the nationality of Azcona and Maduro.
www.top20honduras.com   (1788 words)

  
 Honduras History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Honduras History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
The Spread of Colonization and the Growth of Mining
HONDURAS IN THE MIDDLE: UNITED STATES POLICY AND THE CENTRAL AMERICAN CRISIS
workmall.com /wfb2001/honduras/honduras_history_index.html   (92 words)

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