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Honduras
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| República de Honduras Republic of Honduras | |||||
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| Motto: Libre, Soberana e Independiente (Spanish) "Free, Sovereign and Independent" | |||||
| Anthem: Himno Nacional de Honduras | |||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | Tegucigalpa | ||||
| Official languages | Spanish | ||||
| Government | |||||
| - President | Manuel Zelaya | ||||
| Independence | |||||
| - from Spain | 15 September 1821 | ||||
| - from the UPCA | 1838 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 112,492 km² (102nd) 43,278 sq mi | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - July 2006 estimate | 7,326,4962 (96th) | ||||
| - 2000 census | 6,975,204 | ||||
| - Density | 64 /km² (128th) 166 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $21.74 billion (107th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $3,009 (124th) | ||||
| HDI (2003) | 0.667 (medium) (116th) | ||||
| Currency | Lempira (HNL) | ||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .hn | ||||
| Calling code | +504 | ||||
| 1 Although Honduras has no official motto, "NO PASARÁN" or "They shall not pass" became popular during the 1969 war with El Salvador. This is an allusion to the El Salvador's stated goal to reach the Honduran Caribbean coast during their offensive. | |||||
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, formerly also known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize), 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 Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
The Black Dragon Edicion Especial cigar is hand-crafted by the Gurkha factory in Honduras, using African Cameroon, Dominican, and Connecticut tobaccos. They cost $115,000 a box!
The immigrants are from 26 different countries, including Mexico, Ecuador, Malaysia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Egypt, Brazil, India, Slovenia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Albania, Honduras and California.The arrests were the latest in a national effort called Operation Return to Sender.
Saint Leo University students are empowered to organize and run their own volunteer opportunities, yielding multiple student-led projects. On March 18, as many as 70 student volunteers will travel to New Orleans, the Florida Keys, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Honduras.