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  Geography of Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honduras is a country situated in Central America Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean.
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.
Honduras is tropical in the lowlands and temperate in the mountains.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Honduras   (2459 words)

  
 Honduras - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Honduras is a 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 and 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 with its north coast and the Pacific Ocean south, by the Gulf of Fonseca.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Hn   (769 words)

  
 Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
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.
The population of Honduras is predominantly of Mestizo descent and Roman Catholic faith.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/h/ho/honduras.html   (311 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
Asians in Honduras are mostly of Chinese and Japanese descent.
Honduras This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Honduras   (5577 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Almost on cue tiny Honduras announced it would be pulling its 370 troops from Iraq "in the shortest po...
Ewing took time off to visit Honduras where he met a woman from Sweden, and a decade ago moved with her back to...
Honduras is a nation of northern Central America, bordered to the north by Guatemala and El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua, to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Honduras   (733 words)

  
 Departments of Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Central American nation of Honduras is currently divided into 18 departments (departamentos).
Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.
Islas de la Bahía department is founded (the islands were ceded to Honduras by the United Kingdom in 1860).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Departments_of_Honduras   (259 words)

  
 Honduras: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 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.
Honduras may also get relief from its $4.4 billion external debt under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.
www.encyclopedian.com /ho/Honduras.html   (206 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of places in Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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List of places in the nation of Honduras.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-places-in-Honduras   (80 words)

  
 When a wave of torture and murder staggered a small U.S. ally, truth was a casualty. - baltimoresun.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Honduras, a U.S. ally, was used by Washington as the principal base for its largely clandestine effort.
Honduras is the original "banana republic," a term coined to describe the country's political and economic dependency on U.S. fruit companies during the early 1900s.
The north coast of Honduras, the country's richest farm region, was controlled by U.S. fruit companies at the turn of the century.
www.baltimoresun.com /news/local/bal-negroponte1a,0,3704648.story   (5157 words)

  
 Peace Corps | World Wise Schools | Lesson Plans | Teacher Guides | Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Honduras has one of the most agreeable climates of all the countries within the tropics because of its mountains, nearness to the sea, and the presence of trade winds.
Honduras is special because of its people and its nature: the beaches, the mountains, and the rivers that give Honduras a very beautiful and natural appearance.
Honduras is a Central American country located between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean at 14∞ N and 87∞ W. It borders Guatemala in the west, El Salvador in the south, and Nicaragua in the east.
www.peacecorps.gov /wws/guides/honduras/honprint2.html   (14157 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)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Honduras is a country in 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.
Honduras spent the year 1999 primarily recovering from Hurricane Mitch, which killed more than 5,000 people and caused about US$3 billion in damage.
Honduras may also get relief from its US$4.4 billion external debt under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.
pardus.info /index.php?title=Honduras   (330 words)

  
 Forbes.com: Honduras signs long-awaited IMF debt relief accord   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Honduras hopes the accord -- the result of more than two years of negotiations -- will provide an economic lifeline that could cut poverty by 25 percent over the next 15 years.
Honduras registered growth of 3.2 percent last year and expects 4 percent growth in 2004.
Honduras, the third-poorest country in the Americas after Haiti and Nicaragua, has foreign debt of $4.65 billion.
www.forbes.com /work/newswire/2004/02/02/rtr1238815.html   (451 words)

  
 Reggae Boyz slip 5 places on FIFA list - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
The CFU's number one team Jamaica fell five places from the July position to 54th on FIFA's list, and all of the teams in the CFU's top five slipped from their world spots last month.
Second-ranked Trinidad & Tobago slid four places to 67th, but their nearest rivals on the CFU list also suffered drops - Cuba going down eight places to 74th, Haiti four places to 95th and St Kitts and Nevis four places, to 112th.
Honduras, 59th in the world, are fifth in CONCACAF, followed by Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba, Guatemala (79th), Haiti, and Canada (96th).
www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20040804T220000-0500_63996_OBS_REGGAE_BOYZ_SLIP___PLACES_ON_FIFA_LIST.asp   (312 words)

  
 Pictures of 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.
Honduras is a poor country where tourism is still undeveloped.
Ask local people about which places are safe and which are not, and follow their advice.
travel.mongabay.com /honduras   (2190 words)

  
 Honduras This Week National
The PDCH has maintained its links with the peasant groups of Honduras, claiming to represent the ordinary Honduran, and, during the 1980s, was reportedly thought of as being the conscience of the Honduran National Congress.
The social aims of Martínez are to reinforce the traditional values and morals of the Catholic Church through an increased level of education and the co-operation of the family unit.
The armed forces placed 10,000 soldiers around the country in order to assist with prevention measures and the possible clean up that could be required for flood damage.
www.marrder.com /htw/national.htm   (3883 words)

  
 Classic Jonny Quest Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The temple was of Mayan origin, suggesting either Central America (Guatemala or Honduras) or southern Mexico (Yucatan).
The presence of anthropoid apes and a dense jungle bear a strong resemblance to the place where Tarzan spent his formative years, somewhere along the west coast of Africa.
A town, Kubabon (sp?), is mentioned as a place where Race rented the vintage bi-plane.
www.classicjq.com /info/lists/JQPlaces.shtml   (1010 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Moon Handbooks: Honduras (1st Ed.): Books: Chris Humphrey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Honduras Handbook has extensive coverage of hiking, backpacking, scuba diving, snorkeling, and boating; reviews of hundreds of restaurants and hotels; 35 detailed maps; a Spanish glossary with Honduran slang; plus articles on the ruins of Copán, the Bay Islands, and the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve.
Honduras is an adventure traveler's paradise whether they're looking to relax on the beaches of Tela on the Caribbean north coast, comb the Mayan ruins of Copan, trek in the mountain forests near Gracias, or scuba dive on the Bay Islands of Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja.
Traveling involves knowing what makes a place special, what to look for which is unique and different, and what is it about a place that guarantees it a place in our memories.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1566910994?v=glance   (1575 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- FAQs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The World Factbook is not a gazetteer (a dictionary or index of places, usually with descriptive or statistical information) and cannot provide more than the names of the administrative divisions (in the Government category) and major cities/towns (on the country maps).
Taiwan is listed after the regular entries because even though the mainland People's Republic of China claims Taiwan, elected Taiwanese authorities de facto administer the island and reject mainland sovereignty claims.
In the future, such a category may be adopted listing the extremes, but also adding a normal temperature range found throughout most of a country’s territory.
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/docs/faqs.html   (2415 words)

  
 Robert Atkins (nutritionist)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Atkins graduated from the University of Michigan in 1951 and received a medical degree from Cornell University Medical School in 1955 after which he specialized in cardiology.
Atkins also advocated the use of vitamins and herbal remedies in place of before pharmaceutical drugs and surgery for healing ailments including but not limited to acne cancer carpal tunnel syndrome and depression.
On April 18 2002 Atkins suffered cardiac arrest which he and his doctor said due to cardiomyopathy a heart condition not related to diet.
www.freeglossary.com /Dr._Atkins   (440 words)

  
 PWHCE - Coalition of the Willing List, Map and Troop Numbers
This includes Croatia and Slovenia (signatories to the Vilnius Statement, but not listed as part of the Coalition) and Norway and Sweden, which advocated a war to unseat Saddam Hussein until it became clear the UN would not support such a war, at which point they espoused offical positions of opposition to the war.
For example, Australia is listed as having 800 troops in Iraq, although November figures listed 850, and during March 2003 there were 2000 Australian troops in theatre, including warships, jet fighters and the Special Air Service, one of the world's finest special forces regiments.
For example, it places Ukraine and Czech Republic in the 'unwilling' category, despite the fact that these two countries are in the Coalition of the Willing, and the then President of the Czech Republic was one of the world leaders most supportive of the invasion.
www.pwhce.org /willing.html   (3132 words)

  
 Lesson Plans - Geotourism: Honduras as a Working Model   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tell students that Honduras is one country that has partnered with National Geographic to make a specific effort to draw visitors by developing projects and programs based on the principles of geotourism (PDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
Ask students to identify the potential tourist populations Honduras is specifically targeting in its efforts [scientists, academics, volunteers, and educational travelers].
Have students revisit the list of countries they said they'd like to visit and, in partners or small groups, select one country for further study from a geotourist perspective.
www.nationalgeographic.com /xpeditions/lessons/06/g912/geofriendly.html   (1131 words)

  
 Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The mainland of Honduras is definitely an off-the-beaten-track destination.
If you are visiting Honduras as part of a trip through Central America, you will probably stick to a book covering the whole area.
The Honduras part is not as detailed as the other countries and only has info on the most visited parts like Copan, San Pedro, La Ceiba and the Bay islands (Tela is not included).
www.1000traveltips.org /honduras.htm   (1002 words)

  
 Honduras This Week Travel
Isla del Tigre is in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras' Pacific Coast entrance.
There is no better way of getting to know Honduras and the people of Honduras than to be able to speak their language.
After a short stint in Honduras, Schrumpf and Bell will continue their trip from Tierra del Fuego to northern Alaska, winding their way through the United States and Canada before crossing the Bering Strait and heading south from Siberia through Asia to the southernmost tip of India.
www.marrder.com /htw/aug96/travel.htm   (4340 words)

  
 All Earthquake List for World
This list contains all earthquakes with magnitude greater than 2.5 located by the USGS and contributing networks in the last week (168 hours).
Most recent earthquakes are at the top of this list.
They should not be considered to be complete lists of all events M2.5+ in the US and adjacent areas and especially should not be considered to be complete lists of all events M4.0+ in the world.
earthquake.usgs.gov /recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html   (322 words)

  
 International Travel News: Caribbean calm - visit to Saint Martin island - Column   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Indeed, the list, especially in places like Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, is quite long and impressive.
Fortunately, however, many of my favorite places were virtually untouched and are again ready to welcome friends to their sunny shores and laid-back pleasures.
One such place is the Grand Case Beach Club, located smack on the beach and offering fine food and accommodations that will make your enjoyment of the island's charm even more readily acceptable.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3648/is_1_24/ai_54114669   (924 words)

  
 Lesson Plans - Geo-friendly Travel: Destination Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Have students create a list of "rules" for tourists and residents that can make tourism both geo-friendly from a conservation standpoint and more appealing to local residents of tourist destinations.
Have students revisit the list of rules they created for geo-friendly tourism, and then work in small groups to create a travel brochure for a trip to Honduras.
Have students look again at the list of places they said they'd like to visit at the beginning of the lesson and, in partners or small groups, select one country for further study from a geotourist perspective.
www.nationalgeographic.com /xpeditions/lessons/06/g68/geofriendly.html   (1137 words)

  
 List Of Famous Hondurans Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/List_of_famous_Hondurans   (279 words)

  
 Helpful Reviews and Research on All Things Travel | MyTravelGuide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It's an easy place to store the destinations, hotels, attractions and restaurants for your trip -- print it out and take it with you.
I did not think it was the proper place for them to be using foul language with many 4-letter words.
They were supposedly working, and this definitely did not make a very good first impression for me. Had I not had the room paid for, I would probably have been very reluctant to stay there.
www.mytravelguide.com   (722 words)

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