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	Honduras - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The broad basin of the Caribbean Sea, bounded by Honduras, Guatemala and British Honduras, is known as the bay or gulf of Honduras.
		Honduras resembles the neighbouring countries in the general character of its geological formations, fauna and flora.
		The system under which Honduras was administered from 1539 to 1821, when it repudiated the authority of the Spanish crown, the effects of that system, the part subsequently played by Honduras in the protracted struggle for Central American unity, and the invasion by William Walker and his fellow-adventurers (1856-1860), are fully described under Central America.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Honduras (3362 words)

	Honduras at AllExperts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Honduras declared independence from Spain the 15th of September 1821 with the rest of the Central America provinces, in 1822 the Central American State anexed to the newly declared Mexican Empire of Iturbide.
		Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas, with GDP per capita at US$2050 per year (1999).The economy has continued to grow slowly but the distribution of wealth remains very polarized with average wages remaining very low.
		Asians in Honduras are mostly of Chinese and Japanese descent.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/ho/honduras.htm (2612 words)

	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.
		Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea on the north coast and the Pacific Ocean on the south through the Gulf of Fonseca.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/h/o/n/Honduras.html (1728 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)

	Why War? Keywords: Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea and North Pacific Ocean.
		Honduras spent 1999 primarily recovering from Hurricane Mitch, which killed more than 5,000 people and caused about $3 billion in damage.
		The population of Honduras is predominantly of Mestizo descent and Roman Catholic faith.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Honduras (751 words)

	Honduras - Pacific Lowlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The smallest physiographic region of Honduras, the Pacific lowlands, is a strip of land averaging twenty-five kilometers wide on the north shore of the Golfo de Fonseca.
		The land is flat, becoming swampy near the shores of the gulf, and is composed mostly of alluvial soils washed down from the mountains.
		The gulf is shallow and the water rich in fish and mollusks.
	countrystudies.us /honduras/36.htm (143 words)

	National Parks in Honduras
		Honduras has more than 700 species of birds including the Harpy eagle, and populations of rare mammals such as jaguars, pumas, ocelots, giant anteaters, tapir and mantled howler monkeys.
		Honduras has the region's most extensive tracts of cloud forest and the largest remaining area of primary forest.
		Although the ecotourism business in Honduras has yet to adopt the sophisticated marketing techniques of other countries in the region, notably Costa Rica, many of the countries major tour operators are now offering packages to attract the "green" traveler.
	honduras.com /travel/parks (1921 words)

	honduras map and map of honduras information page
		The lands of Honduras were long inhabited by a mixture of indigenous Indian peoples, with the Maya culture certainly recognized as the most progressive, and justifiably celebrated yet today.
		Landforms Honduras has three major topographical regions, including a vast interior plateau of hills and mountains that dominate the landscape; the Caribbean lowlands, and the Pacific lowlands- fringing the Gulf of Fonseca.
		Honduras is water-rich; the most important rivers include the Aquan, Coco, Patuca, Sico and Ulua; Lake Yojoa is the only significant lake, and the Caratasca Lagoon in the northeast is the largest of many coastal lagoons.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/namerica/camerica/hn.htm (1011 words)

	Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		CopÃ¡n is a locale in extreme western Honduras, in the CopÃ¡n near the Guatemalan border.
		Honduras declared independence from Spain the 15th of September 1821 with the rest of the Central America provinces, in 1822 the Central American State anexed to the newly declared Mexican Empire of
		Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas, with GDP per capita at
	www.scuba-diving-roatan.com /honduras.htm (2177 words)

	Honduras
		Honduras gained independence from Spain in 1821 and was briefly a part of Mexico.
		Honduras is a democratic nation, led by a president who is elected popularly every four years.
		The constitution of the Republic is the basis for all laws in Honduras.
	www.hth.org /hondurasinformation.html (1462 words)

	About Honduras - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information
		September 15 is independence day and it is celebrated throughout the land with all the schoolchildren from all the schools engaging in marches throughout their cities, towns and villages.
		Honduras has one of the largest women's rights movements in Latin America, as women were fighting for the right to work in factories alongside men in the 1920s, and universal suffrage being achieved in 1954.
		Women in Honduras have historically been encouraged to be submissive, to raise the children and not take a job outside of the home, though this has changed, with poverty meaning that women taking jobs to earn a wage has become necessary.
	www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/Honduras.html (658 words)

	Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, at the Golf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
		Honduras is one of the poor countries in the Americas, with GDP per capita at US$2050 per year (1999).
		Asians in Honduras are mostly of Chinese and some Japanese decent, but in the 1980's and 1990's when the US army was stationed in Honduras, a number of Korean, Ryukyuan, Filipino and Vietnamese came to Honduras as a contract laborers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honduras (3968 words)

	Choluteca Honduras Tips
		The Gulf of Fonseca is a more of a large bay than a gulf, however it is shared by three different Central American countries: Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
		Honduras has two different departments (the local equivalent to a state) on the Pacific Coast, the department of Choluteca is on the eastern end of the gulf, bordering Nicaragua, and the department of Valle is on the western end of the Gulf of Fonseca and borders El Salvador.
		The Gulf of Fonseca is truly a lovely and unique area, rich in mangrove vegetation and small islands.
	www.honduras.com /hondurastips/english/choluteca.htm (563 words)

	MCTours Honduras \| Your complete Honduras Experience
		Livingston is the name of a town in the Izabal province of Guatemala, at the mouth of the Rio Dulce at the Gulf of Honduras.
		Capital of the department of Lempira, in Western Honduras, Gracias is accessible from Copan via the Western Highway towards Santa Rosa de Copan.
		It is the capital of the department of Atlantida, one of the 18 departments of Honduras.
	www.mctours-honduras.com /ft_map.html (1654 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)

	Lets Go Honduras
		The Gulf of Fonseca, is truly a lovely and unique area, rich in mangrove vegatation and small islands.
		A historical landmark in Honduras, that is featured on the front of the two lempira bills, this unique town in the island of the tiger is the largest town on the largest pacific island of Honduras.
		Because of this, there are a variety of shrimp farms now operating in the region that provide an important number of jobs to residents, as well as a very important generation of foreign currency via the growing shrimp exports.
	www.letsgohonduras.com /choluteca_eng.html (1552 words)

	Honduras - Republic of Honduras
		During the 1980s, Honduras was used as a large military base of the United States to create, train and support the anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and to support the government of El Salvador forces fighting against the guerrillas trying to oust a long succession of violently repressive military dictatorships, and military backed governments.
		Zelaya is scheduled to become President on January 27, 2006 now that these results have been made official; the PNH had openly challenged them (the preliminary results were based on a small, but statistically significant sample) and was pushing for a complete recount.
		Land use map of Honduras, 1983The population of Honduras is predominantly of Mestizo descent and Roman Catholic faith, but there are also several Evangelical denominations.
	www.naturemagics.com /world-guide/honduras.shtm (2665 words)

	Honduras: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Honduras, with four other Central American nations, declared its independence from Spain in 1821 to form a federation of Central American states.
		Honduras - Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras, republic (2005 est.
		Honduras: Bibliography - Bibliography See D. Stone, The Archaeology of Central and Southern Honduras (1957); R. Honduras: History - History The restored Mayan ruins of Copán in the west, first discovered by the Spaniards in...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107616.html (583 words)

	Gulf of Honduras: Preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis-Final Draft — IW:LEARN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gulf of Honduras: Preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis-Final Draft — IW:LEARN
		Gulf of Honduras: Preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis-Final Draft
		Gulf of Honduras : A Programme of the Governments of the Gulf of Honduras Countries, with the assistance of the Inter-American Development Bank.
	www.iwlearn.net /iw-projects/Fsp_112955520089/tda_golfofhonduras/view (124 words)

	Kids Online
		To the north of Honduras is the Caribbean Sea, and to the northwest is the Gulf of Honduras.
		A millennium ago, Honduras was populated by the Mayan people when in 1509 Christopher Columbus explored the country.
		Education in Honduras is free between ages 7 and 12.The National Autonomous University of Honduras is a major higher education school.
	www.kids-online.net /world/honduras.html (602 words)

	Gulf of Honduras, Allan Taylor, Central America, Central America Things to see and do, Honduras, Honduras Things to see ...
		It is peculiar seeing notices in English and road signs in miles in Central America, a consequence of this once being the colony of British Honduras.
		Soon the tiny island and the barrier reef was left far behind and we roared along heading across the deep water of the Gulf towards Honduras.
		The Gulf of Honduras is part of the Caribbean Sea and is bordered by Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/00-08/gulf-of-honduras.html (1481 words)

	Meeting to be held Friday in San Pedro to discuss Belize/Guatemala proposal
		There shall be established a Tripartite Regional Fisheries Management Commission for the Gulf of Honduras ("the Tripartite Commission") under the rotating chairmanship of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.
		In its activities the Tripartite Commission shall be guided by the principles set forth in the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks.
		In the Exclusive Economic Zone of Honduras the nationals of Guatemala should be granted, in accordance with the law of Honduras, appropriate access to fisheries rights.
	www.sanpedrosun.net /old/02-371.html (3721 words)

	1999 Progress Report - ANALYSIS OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE GULF OF HONDURAS REGION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The goal is to analyze the status of biodiversity conservation and to develop information systems capable of decision support for conservation activities in the Gulf of Honduras (shared between Belize, Guatemala and Honduras).
		The Gulf of Honduras hosts incredible habitat diversity yet has been the focus of little systematic study.
		Therefore, in partnership with groups in the Gulf of Honduras region, I have designed this project based both on both scientific interest and local need.
	es.epa.gov /ncer/fellow/progress/98/cheesemante99.html (485 words)

	Towns and Villages of Honduras
		The Gulf, which Honduras shares with El Salvador and Nicaragua, is truly lovely with rich mangrove vegetation and several small islands.
		The beaches in the gulf are of volcanic origin and are therefore very fl.
		The usually tranquil waters of the gulf provide excellent water sport conditions.Sportfishing is attracting more and more people and beginning to generate a good portion of the local economy.
	www.nvmundo.com /travelinfo/honduras/towns.htm (976 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in Guatemala - Gulf of Honduras
		The Gulf of Honduras is a marine and terrestrial site located in eastern Guatemala.
		The Nature Conservancy and its partner, Fundación para el Desarrollo y la Conservación (FUNDAECO), are working to conserve the Gulf of Honduras including the Cerro San Gil Protected Area, which is one of the last remaining tracts of very humid tropical forests within the Central American isthmus.
		The Gulf of Honduras is refuge to 56 species of mammals including the tapir, manatee and the jaguar and more than 50 species of reptiles and amphibians including:
	www.nature.org /wherewework/centralamerica/guatemala/work/art8611.html (466 words)

	Epinions.com - THE FORLORN FORTRESS, OMOA HONDURAS
		Popular pastimes include taking a dip in the warm waters of the Gulf of Honduras, lazing on the beach and/or passing the day with a great seafood meal, cold drink and good conversation in one of the dozens of thatched roofed open air restaurants that line the beach.
		The main border crossing from Guatemala to Honduras for this region is only a couple of hours down the road.
		Omoa is located on a small peninsula that juts out into the Gulf of Honduras and the Bahia de Omoa.
	www.epinions.com /content_3637158020 (934 words)

	Honduras This Week Opinions and Editorials
		For the record, I was a volunteer in Tegucigalpa, Honduras at an orphanage in 1986-87.
		The Gulf of Honduras and its shared ecosystem is between the areas of Punta Sal in Honduras and Gladden Spit in Belize.
		The Gulf of Honduras is irrigated by 15 rivers, including the Chamelecón and Ulúa rivers, two of the biggest in Honduras, in addition to our Rio Motagua.
	www.marrder.com /htw/2004dec/editorial.htm (4113 words)

	Environmental Protection and Maritime Transport Pollution Control of the Gulf of Honduras — IW:LEARN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Technical advisor in the identification, preparation, monitoring and evaluation in Bank-financed operations relating to coastal and marine resources in Latin America and the Caribbean.
		This TDA,summarizes information available from the region, gathered both as part of ongoing national activities within the littoral states, as well as information made available from a variety of internationally supported activities in the region.
		The overall objective of the project is to enhance the control and prevention of maritime transport related pollution in the major ports, navigational transport routes and adjacent coastal and marine areas within the Gulf of Honduras.
	www.iwlearn.net /iw-projects/Fsp_112955520089 (235 words)

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