Honduras
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Quick Facts
- Capital
- Tegucigalpa
- Population
- 9,529,188 (2024 est.)
- Area
- 112,090 sq km
- Government
- presidential republic
- Religions
- Evangelical 55%, Roman Catholic 33.4%, none 10.1%, unspecified 1.5% (2023 est.)
- Ethnic Groups
- Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and European) 90%, Indigenous 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%
- Currency
- lempiras (HNL)
- Life Expectancy
- 73.1 years (2024 est.)
- Internet Domain
- .hn
- Climate
- subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
- Terrain
- mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
- Natural Resources
- timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower
- Major Exports
- garments, coffee, insulated wire, palm oil, shellfish (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook (public domain)
Overview
Once 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.