National Flag:
Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue, with five blue, five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Note: similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; althe flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band.
Capital: Tegucigalpaso similar to
Langauges: Spanish, English and Amerindian dialects.
Currency: Lempiras
Main Industries:
Honduras, the second poorest country in Central America, suffers from extraordinarily unequal distribution of income, as well as high unemployment and underemployment. The economy relies heavily on a narrow range of exports, notably apparel, bananas, and coffee, making it vulnerable to natural disasters and shifts in commodity prices; however, investments in the maquila and non-traditional export sectors are slowly diversifying the economy. Tourism is also a growing economic sector.
Did You Know?
- 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.
- The Bay Islands of Honduras, a well-known divers destinations, lie on the worlds second largest barrier reef and has an English-speaking native populace as these islands once belonged to Britain.
- The Coapan Ruins are located near the border of Guatamala. They are some of the lesser-known Mayan ruins of Central America.
