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Honduras is strategically located in the heart of Central America and having a extraordinary cultural diversity, combines the heritage of ancient civilizations like the Maya and Lenca with our recent colonial past. The wealth and beauty of its scenery and the great diversity of animal and plant life have been a factor in the growth of the country's tourism industry. Besides, it provides added benefits like generating employment opportunities and favor economic growth.
Honduras has been blessed with an amazing natural diversity that has made Central America known Worldwide. The highest points are located within the tropical rain forests, called the weeping forest due to the constant dripping from the dense fog of ever present cloud cover. It is a thick and rich forest, where all branches and trunks are covered with moss, lichens, vines, bromeliads, orchids and many more epiphytes or parasite plants.
Honduras´ has a natural tropical wealth and is an extraordinary tourist hidden destination. In recent years, authorities have implemented an aggressive tourism policy. Promotion that encompasses the incomparable Caribbean Beaches such as: Bay Islands, La Ceiba, Tela, Trujillo, Omoa and Puerto Cortes & the Pacific Coast such as:Cedeño, Punta Raton, Amapala and Zacate Grande to the cultural offer, like historical and archeological sites such as:Copan, Omoa, Trujillo, Gracias, Comayagua, and Tegucigalpa.
Official Name:
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Republic of Honduras
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Capital City:
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Tegucigalpa
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Surface Area:
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112,492 km2
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Administrative Structure:
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18 departments, 298 counties
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Currency:
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Lempira
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Languages:
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Spanish (official), English & other dialects
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Ethnic Groups: |
Lencas, Tolupanes, Payas & Garifunas |
Religion:
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Catholic (65%) Protestant (30%)
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National Holiday:
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September 15, independence day
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National Flower:
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Brassavola Digbiana Orchid
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National Tree:
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Pitch Pine (Pino ocotea hondurense)
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Population:
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7,048,156 inhabitants
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Major Cities:
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San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, Danli, El Progreso, Choluteca, Puerto Cortes, Comayagua.
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International Airoports: |
Tocontín (Tegucigalpa) Ramón Villeda Morales (San Pedro
Sula) Golosón (La Ceiba) Juan Manuel Galvez (Roatán) |
Main Exports: |
Banana, coffee, lumber, lead, zinc, silver, frozen Meat,
shrimp & lobster, tobacco, melon, pineapple. |
Main Imports: |
Machinery, home appliances, chemical products, Fuel & lubricants, plastics, foodstuffs |
| Tourism: |
672,100 IHT |
| Government Type: |
Republic
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| Excusive Brach: |
Constitutional President |
| Legislative Brach: |
One Chamber Congress |
| Main Political Parties: |
National Party (PN) Liberal Party (PL)
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| Weather: |
Two set seasons: Dry, from December to May And Rainy,
from June to November. |
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