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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. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then, the economy has slowly rebounded.
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Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
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15 00 N, 86 30 W
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total: 112,090 sq km
country comparison to the world: 103
land:
111,890 sq km
water:
200 sq km
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slightly larger than Tennessee
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total: 1,520 km
border countries:
Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km
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Caribbean Sea 669 km; Gulf of Fonseca 163 km
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone:
24 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
continental shelf:
natural extension of territory or to 200 nm
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subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
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mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
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timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower
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arable land: 9.53%
permanent crops:
3.21%
other:
87.26% (2005)
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800 sq km (2003)
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95.9 cu km (2000)
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total: 0.86 cu km/yr (8%/12%/80%)
per capita:
119 cu m/yr (2000)
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frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast
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urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
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has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast
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| People and Society ::Honduras |
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noun: Honduran(s)
adjective:
Honduran
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mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1%
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Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects
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Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
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Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and has the world's highest murder rate. More than half of the population lives in poverty and per capita income is one of the lowest in the region. Poverty rates are higher among rural and indigenous people and in the south, west, and along the eastern border than in the north and central areas where most of Honduras' industries and infrastructure are concentrated. The increased productivity needed to break Honduras' persistent high poverty rate depends, in part, on further improvements in educational attainment. Although primary-school enrollment is near 100%, educational quality is poor, the drop-out rate and grade repetition remain high, and teacher and school accountability is low.
Honduras' population growth rate has slowed since the 1990s, but it remains high at nearly 2% annually because the birth rate averages approximately three children per woman and more among rural, indigenous, and poor women. Consequently, Honduras' young adult population - ages 15 to 29 - is projected to continue growing rapidly for the next three decades and then stabilize or slowly shrink. Population growth and limited job prospects outside of agriculture will continue to drive emigration. Remittances represent about a fifth of GDP.
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8,296,693 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
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0-14 years: 36.1% (male 1,530,083/ female 1,466,029)
15-64 years:
60% (male 2,502,878/ female 2,479,133)
65 years and over:
3.8% (male 140,775/ female 177,795) (2012 est.)
population pyramid: 
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total: 21.3 years
male:
21 years
female:
21.7 years (2012 est.)
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1.838% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
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24.66 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
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5.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
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-1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
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urban population: 52% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization:
3.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
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TEGUCIGALPA (capital) 1 million (2009)
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.79 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
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100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 72
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total: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 96
male:
22.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
17.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
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total population: 70.71 years
country comparison to the world: 146
male:
69.03 years
female:
72.47 years (2012 est.)
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3.01 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
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7.3% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 70
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0.57 physicians/1,000 population (2000)
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0.8 beds/1,000 population (2009)
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improved:
urban: 80% of population
rural: 62% of population
total: 71% of population
unimproved:
urban: 20% of population
rural: 38% of population
total: 29% of population
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0.8% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
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39,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
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2,500 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease:
leptospirosis (2009)
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8.6% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 70
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
80%
male:
79.8%
female:
80.2% (2001 census)
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total: 11 years
male:
11 years
female:
12 years (2008)
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total: 7%
country comparison to the world: 117
male:
5.2%
female:
11.2% (2005)
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conventional long form: Republic of Honduras
conventional short form:
Honduras
local long form:
Republica de Honduras
local short form:
Honduras
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democratic constitutional republic
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name: Tegucigalpa
geographic coordinates:
14 06 N, 87 13 W
time difference:
UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time:
none scheduled for 2012
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18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
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Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
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11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982; amended many times
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civil law system
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accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
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18 years of age; universal and compulsory
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chief of state: President Porfirio LOBO Sosa (since 27 January 2010); Vice President Maria Antonieta GUILLEN de Bogran (since 27 January 2010); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government:
President Porfirio LOBO Sosa (since 27 January 2010); Vice President Maria Antonieta GUILLEN de Bogran (since 27 January 2010)
cabinet:
Cabinet appointed by president
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elections:
president elected by popular vote for a four-year term; election last held on 29 November 2009 (next to be held in November 2013)
election results:
Porfirio "Pepe" LOBO Sosa elected president; percent of vote - Porfirio "Pepe" LOBO Sosa 56.3%, Elvin SANTOS Lozano 38.1%, other 5.6%
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unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members elected proportionally by department to serve four-year terms)
elections:
last held on 29 November 2009 (next to be held in November 2013)
election results:
percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNH 71, PL 45, PDC 5, PUD 4, PINU 3
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Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress)
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Anti-Corruption Party or PAC [Salvador NASRALLA]; Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Felicito AVILA Ordonez]; Broad Political Electoral Front in Resistance or FAPER [Andres PAVON]; Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Cesar HAM]; Freedom and Refounding Party or LIBRE [Jose Manuel ZELAYA Rosales]; Liberal Party or PL [Bill SANTOS Brito]; National Party or PN [Ricardo ALVAREZ]; Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Jorge Rafael AGUILAR Paredes]
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Beverage and Related Industries Syndicate or STIBYS; Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras or CODEH; Confederation of Honduran Workers or CTH; Coordinating Committee of Popular Organizations or CCOP; General Workers Confederation or CGT; Honduran Council of Private Enterprise or COHEP; National Association of Honduran Campesinos or ANACH; National Union of Campesinos or UNC; Popular Bloc or BP; United Confederation of Honduran Workers or CUTH; United Farm Workers' Movement of the Aguan (MUCA)
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BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OAS (suspended), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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chief of mission: Ambassador Jorge Ramon HERNANDEZ Alcerro
chancery:
Suite 4-M, 3007 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone:
[1] (202) 966-2604
FAX:
[1] (202) 966-9751
consulate(s) general:
Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco
honorary consulate(s):
Jacksonville
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chief of mission: Ambassador Lisa J. KUBISKE
embassy:
Avenida La Paz, Apartado Postal No. 3453, Tegucigalpa
mailing address:
American Embassy, APO AA 34022, Tegucigalpa
telephone:
[504] 236-9320, 238-5114
FAX:
[504] 238-4357
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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; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water and the peace and prosperity of its people
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; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band
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scarlet macaw; white-tailed deer
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name: "Himno Nacional de Honduras" (National Anthem of Honduras)
lyrics/music:
Augusto Constancio COELLO/Carlos HARTLING
note:
adopted 1915; the anthem's seven verses chronicle Honduran history; on official occasions, only the chorus and last verse are sung
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Honduras, the second poorest country in Central America, suffers from extraordinarily unequal distribution of income, as well as high underemployment. While historically dependent on the export of bananas and coffee, Honduras has diversified its export base to include apparel and automobile wire harnessing. Nearly half of Honduras's economic activity is directly tied to the US, with exports to the US accounting for 30% of GDP and remittances for another 20%. The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) came into force in 2006 and has helped foster foreign direct investment, but physical and political insecurity, as well as crime and perceptions of corruption, may deter potential investors; about 70% of FDI is from US firms. The economy registered sluggish economic growth in 2010, insufficient to improve living standards for the nearly 65% of the population in poverty. The LOBO administration inherited a difficult fiscal position with off-budget debts accrued in previous administrations and government salaries nearly equivalent to tax collections. His government has displayed a commitment to improving tax collection and cutting expenditures, and attracting foreign investment. This enabled Tegucigalpa to secure an IMF Precautionary Stand-By agreement in October 2010. The IMF agreement has helped renew multilateral and bilateral donor confidence in Honduras following the ZELAYA administration's economic mismanagement and the 2009 coup.
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$37.67 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
$36.28 billion (2011 est.)
$35.01 billion (2010 est.)
note:
data are in 2012 US dollars
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$18.18 billion (2012 est.)
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3.8% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
3.6% (2011 est.)
2.8% (2010 est.)
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$4,600 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
$4,500 (2011 est.)
$4,400 (2010 est.)
note:
data are in 2012 US dollars
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agriculture: 12.8%
industry:
26.7%
services:
60.5% (2012 est.)
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3.44 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
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agriculture: 39.2%
industry:
20.9%
services:
39.8% (2005 est.)
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4.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
4.9% (2011 est.)
note:
about one-third of the people are underemployed
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60% (2010 est.)
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lowest 10%: 0.4%
highest 10%:
42.4% (2009 est.)
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57.7 (2007)
country comparison to the world: 9
53.8 (2003)
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26.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
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revenues: $3.339 billion
expenditures:
$4.044 billion (2012 est.)
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18.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 171
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-3.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
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34.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
32.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
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5.1% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
6.8% (2011 est.)
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6.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
NA% (31 December 2009 est.)
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17.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
18.56% (31 December 2011 est.)
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$2.476 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
$2.182 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$9.112 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
$8.127 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
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$9.403 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
$8.383 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$NA
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bananas, coffee, citrus, corn, African palm; beef; timber; shrimp, tilapia, lobster
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2.4% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
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-$1.661 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
-$1.503 billion (2011 est.)
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$6.946 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
$7.204 billion (2011 est.)
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apparel, coffee, shrimp, automobile wire harnesses, cigars, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
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US 33.1%, Germany 10.9%, El Salvador 7.3%, Belgium 6.5%, Guatemala 6.2% (2011)
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$10.66 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
$10.34 billion (2011 est.)
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machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs
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US 46%, Guatemala 8.8%, Mexico 5.7%, El Salvador 5.4%, China 4.1%, Costa Rica 4% (2011)
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$3.15 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107
$2.785 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$4.884 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
$4.564 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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lempiras (HNL) per US dollar -
19.51 (2012 est.)
18.895 (2011 est.)
18.9 (2010 est.)
18.9 (2009)
18.983 (2008)
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calendar year
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6.326 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
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4.8 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
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46 million kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
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100,000 kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
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1.697 million kW (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
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63.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 133
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0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
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30.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
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5.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
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0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 147
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0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
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0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 199
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0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 146
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 159
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58,150 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 97
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8,419 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
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54,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 144
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 208
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0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
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8.288 million Mt (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
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| Communications ::Honduras |
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609,200 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 91
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8.062 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 88
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general assessment: fixed-line connections are increasing but still limited; competition among multiple providers of mobile-cellular services is contributing to a sharp increase in subscribership
domestic:
beginning in 2003, private sub-operators allowed to provide fixed-lines in order to expand telephone coverage contributing to a small increase in fixed-line teledensity; mobile-cellular subscribership is roughly 100 per 100 persons
international:
country code - 504; landing point for both the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the MAYA-1 fiber optic submarine cable system that together provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System
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multiple privately-owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by multiple cable TV networks; Radio Honduras is the lone government-owned radio network; roughly 300 privately-owned radio stations (2007)
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.hn
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30,955 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 107
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731,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 108
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| Transportation ::Honduras |
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104 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 53
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total: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m:
3
1,524 to 2,437 m:
3
914 to 1,523 m:
4
under 914 m:
3 (2012)
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total: 91
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
17
under 914 m:
73 (2012)
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total: 75 km
country comparison to the world: 128
narrow gauge:
75 km 1.067-m gauge (2009)
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total: 14,239 km
country comparison to the world: 123
paved:
3,159 km
unpaved:
11,080 km (1,420 km summer only) (2009)
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465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 85
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total: 88
country comparison to the world: 55
by type:
bulk carrier 5, cargo 39, carrier 2, chemical tanker 5, container 1, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 21, refrigerated cargo 7, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned:
47 (Bahrain 5, Canada 1, Chile 1, China 2, Egypt 2, Greece 4, Israel 1, Japan 4, Lebanon 2, Montenegro 1, Panama 1, Singapore 11, South Korea 6, Taiwan 1, Thailand 2, UAE 1, UK 1, US 1) (2010)
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La Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela
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Honduran Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras, FFAA): Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry), Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) (2012)
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18 years of age for voluntary 2 to 3 year military service (2004)
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males age 16-49: 2,045,914
females age 16-49:
1,991,418 (2010 est.)
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males age 16-49: 1,525,578
females age 16-49:
1,539,688 (2010 est.)
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male: 95,895
female:
92,087 (2010 est.)
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0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
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| Transnational Issues ::Honduras |
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International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras border in 1992 with final settlement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned in the ICJ ruling, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca; Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum
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transshipment point for drugs and narcotics; illicit producer of cannabis, cultivated on small plots and used principally for local consumption; corruption is a major problem; some money-laundering activity
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