Where is Honduras?
About Honduras
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
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Honduras is an above average size country in the south of North America.
Honduras has a border on the Caribbean Sea and a very small border on Pacific Ocean.
The land is a mixture of mountains and coastal plains.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Honduras, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 15 00N
Longitude - 86 30W
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Check the weather in Tegucigalpa now.
This is the time in Tegucigalpa now
The Honduran flag is 3 equal horizontal
stripes of blue, white and blue. There are 5 blue stars, arranged in an X pattern in the centre of the white stripe. The 5 stars represnt the original 5 states
of the former Federal Republic of Central America, namely Honduras, Costa Rice, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa.
Honduras is a presidential republic with a president as head of state.
In elections everyone over the age of 18 must vote.
The currency in Honduras is the lempira.
Spanish is the official language.
Hear the National Anthem
These are the anthem words
Honduras is a presidential republic with a president as head of state.
In elections everyone over the age of 18 must vote.
The currency in Honduras is the lempira.
Spanish is the official language.
Hear the National Anthem
These are the anthem words
We have already written our own history of England but are asking schools in Honduras to provide us with a detailed history of
their own country. Check how here.
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The total land area of Honduras is 111,890 sq kms which is the 5th largest in North America.
Honduras has lakes, rivers and canals which total 200 sq kms.
Honduras has boundaries with 3 countries
- Nicaragua 940 kms
- El Salvador 391 kms
- Guatemala 244 kms
Honduras has a coastline of 823 kms which is the 12th longest in North America.
The highest point in Honduras is Cerro Las Minas at 2,870 metres.
The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra.
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The total population of Honduras is 8.89 million people, making it the 8th largest country in North America by population.
Of this number 4.42 million are females and 4.47 million are males.
A person from Honduras is called a Honduran.
To be a citizen of Honduras you must be born in Honduras or one of your parents must be a citizen of Honduras. You have to live in Honduras for
between 1-3 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Honduras, by population are:-
- Tegucigalpa 850,848 people
- San Pedro Sula 489,466
- Choloma 139,100
- La Cieba 130,218
- El Progreso 100,810
For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre.
Each little Owlbut is 1 person and
the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as
more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.
54.7% of the people live in cities or towns.
Each little Owlbut is 1 person and
the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as
more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.
54.7% of the people live in cities or towns.
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The birth rate in Honduras is 22.8 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Honduras is 5.2 deaths per 1,000 people.
Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then
the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 15.2 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 20.0 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 23.0 and for males is 22.3. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 20.4.
The elderly dependency ratio is 7.1. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 14.2. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
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Honduras spends 8.7% of its total income on health care.
There are 0.37 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 0.7 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
21.4% of the population are estimated as obese.
97.4% of the urban population and 83.8% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
86.7% of the urban population and 77.7% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Honduras releases 10.0 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. This puts it as the 10th highest in North America.
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Honduras spends 5.9% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 6 in Honduras. Primary education is for nine years until age 15. This is the compulsory education. Secondary
education can continue till 18. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year consists of 1 term and starts in the first week of February and finishes at the end of November. There is usually a long
weekend at Easter, and a one week break in July.
88.9% of females and 89% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
8.5% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 13.1% are unemployed while with males 6.1% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Honduras is 3.63 million.
They work in the following sectors.
- Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
- Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
- Services is everything else
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There are 13 paved airports in Honduras, which is the 10th highest number in North America.
There are 699 kilometres of railways in Honduras, the 6th longest in North America.
There are 3,367 kilometres of roads in Honduras, which means Honduras is in 12th place for the most kilometres of roads in North America.
There are 4 major national newspapers in Honduras.
There are 8.05 million mobile phone users.
6% of the people have a fixed landline.
1.78 million people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).
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