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Republic of Honduras
*República de Honduras* (Spanish)
Republic of Honduras República de Honduras (Spanish)
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	Motto: "Libre, Soberana e Independiente" (Spanish); "Free, Sovereign and Independent";
ISO 3166 code	HN

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Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is 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, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa.

Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now-predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from Nicaragua to Honduras by the International Court of Justice.

The nation's economy is primarily agricultural, making it especially vulnerable to natural disasters such as Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Honduras has a Human Development Index of 0.624, ranking 138th in the world. In 2022, according to the National Institute of Statistics of Honduras (INE), 73% of the country's population lived in poverty and 53% lived in extreme poverty. The lower class is primarily agriculturally based while wealth is concentrated in the country's urban centers. The country is one of the most economically unequal in Latin America. Honduran society is predominantly Mestizo; however, there are also significant Indigenous, Black, and White communities in Honduras. (Full article...)

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Taguzgalpa was a region on the Caribbean coast of Central America lying between the Roman (Aguán) River and the San Juan River. Of Nahuatl origin, the term was first translated by the Spanish cleric Cristóbal de Pedraza in his 1544 Relación de la Provincia de Honduras e Higueras, based on information gathered during his tenure in Honduras (1538–1540). Pedraza reported that after a three-day ascent into the mountains behind Trujillo—likely the modern Sierra de la Esperanza—local informants explained Tagusgualpa to mean “the house where gold is melted,” referring to a principal settlement in the region where inhabitants from surrounding areas gathered to smelt gold. It appeared on the Dutch map of Montanus in 1671 with an alternate spelling of "Tiguzigalpa." It was frequently confused in nineteenth-century travel literature with Tegucigalpa, the present capital of Honduras, and it is possible that both words share the same root. However, a study of the location information of the two places in the original sixteenth- and seventeenth- century sources shows that they are not in the same place, and are both mentioned, in different areas in the same texts. In his classic study of indigenous names in Honduras, Alberto Membreño wrote, "For a long time it was believed that Tegucigalpa was a corruption of Taguzgalpa and that it meant 'mountain of silver.' Tegucigalpa did not form a part of Taguzgalpa, and when this province was conquered, Tegucigalpa already existed. Don Pedro de Alvarado wrote Teguycegalpa in the repartimiento of 1536." Membreño gives the etymology of Taguzgalpa as "tlalli, 'earth', cuztic, 'yellow', calli, 'house', and pan, 'in'. This province is so called because there is a great deal of gold on its surface and in the sands of its rivers; and it refers to the tradition that the Mexicans went to Taguzgalpa to take that metal to Moctezuma." (Full article...)

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... that the Venezuelan footballer Edder Farías scored against Honduras in February 2015, his country's first victory since September 2013?
... that Tegucigalpa's dining includes traditional Honduran cuisine—a fusion of the African, Spanish and indigenous cuisines?
... that the Honduran romance novel Blanca Olmedo is a rare early female criticism of the establishment and corruption in Honduras?
... that when the 1980 Honduras earthquake struck, it gave a man a fatal heart attack?

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Image 1Actress America Ferrera. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 2Oldest train still preserved in Honduras. (from History of Honduras)
Image 3The nacatamal a prehispanic dish widely consumed in Honduras. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 4Map of the town of Trujillo from the 16th century. (from History of Honduras)
Image 5Train station in La Ceiba during the 1920s. The locomotives were one of the main means of transportation in Honduras during the 20th century. (from History of Honduras)
Image 6An homemade baleada with eggs, butter, cheese and beans (from Honduran cuisine)
Image 7The SS Contessa, a Honduran ship that participated in the Operation Torch in the north African campaign in the Second World War. (from History of Honduras)
Image 8Old presidential palace of Honduras. (from History of Honduras)
Image 9Port of Amapala. (from History of Honduras)
Image 10Honduran National Congress, built during the 1950s (from History of Honduras)
Image 11After the fall of Tenochtitlan, Hernán Cortés made his journey to the region of las Hibueras, modern day Honduras. (from History of Honduras)
Image 12Casamiento, a rice and beans dish (from Honduran cuisine)
Image 13Diablos Negros, is a Honduran hard Rock band active since the 1980s. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 14Lempira, Lenca leader and war lord. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 15A Roman Catholic cathedral in Amapala. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 16Footballer Porfirio Betancourt, 1981, one of the first hispanic players for the NASL. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 17The baleada is a popular Honduran fast food dish. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 18Wilson Palacios (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 19The church of la Merced in the city of Comayagua was the first Cathedral of Honduras in 1550 and is the oldest Honduran church still standing. (from History of Honduras)
Image 20Tegucigalpa in 1910. (from History of Honduras)
Image 21Roger Espinoza (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 22Honduran Police in a rural area (from Crime in Honduras)
Image 23Juan Carlos Fanconi, Film Director (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 24The flag of the British protectorate of Mosquitia. (from History of Honduras)
Image 25Fried fish from Lake Yojoa (from Honduran cuisine)
Image 26The Virgin of Suyapa (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 27David Suazo. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 28Pinchos americanos are served often in Honduras. (from Honduran cuisine)
Image 29Lenca vessel from the Classic period depicting an ear of corn in its sheath (from Honduran cuisine)
Image 30General Luis Bogran. (from History of Honduras)
Image 31Traditional dance of Honduras. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 32Tegucigalpa after the Mitch Hurricane. (from History of Honduras)
Image 33Graifuna traditional dance. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 34After the 2009 coup d'état, the military presence in the streets began to be more common. (from History of Honduras)
Image 35Honduran emerald (Amazilia luciae) (from Flora and fauna of Honduras)
Image 36Honduran army in 1926. (from History of Honduras)
Image 37A whale shark near of the Island of Útila in Honduras (from Flora and fauna of Honduras)
Image 38Police in San Francisco, Lempira (from Crime in Honduras)
Image 39First coat of arms of Honduras given by the emperor Charles I of Spain an 5th of the Holy Roman empire. By the time of the colonial era Honduras suffered a demographic change due the arrival of Spanish immigrants (from History of Honduras)
Image 40Sir Salvador Moncada. Honduran pharmacologyst. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 41Holy Week in Honduras. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 42Central American president General Francisco Morazán Quezada.
Image 43Coat of Arms of Trujillo, one of the oldest towns founded by the Spanish in Honduras.
Image 44Pre Columbian pottery from the Ulua region. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 45Tela's railroad company building, built in 1919. (from History of Honduras)
Image 46The Central American peace conference in 1907. (from History of Honduras)
Image 47Group of dancers with typical costumes from Honduras. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 48Emilio Izaguirre (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 49Xiomara Castro became the first woman to gain a presidential charge in Honduras. (from History of Honduras)
Image 50Pyramid 102 of Yarumela, one of the oldest Honduran archeological sites. (from History of Honduras)
Image 51President Manuel Bonilla. (from History of Honduras)
Image 52La Merced plaza of Comayagua after the independence from Spain. (from History of Honduras)
Image 53Mayan stellae. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 54Honduran armed conflict of 1907. (from History of Honduras)
Image 55Cathedral of Saint Michael Archangel in Tegucigalpa was built during the XVIII century. (from History of Honduras)
Image 56City of Comayagüela in the 2010s (from History of Honduras)
Image 57Lencan cloth. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 58El Xendra is an independent film that mixes elements of suspense and science fiction. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 59Sawdust carpet in Holy Week. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 60Typical Honduran breakfast. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 61Painting depicting the chief Lempira fighting against a conquistador (from History of Honduras)
Image 62Mayan representative hieroglyphic of the Yax Kuk Mo Dynasty that later would become the emblem of the Kingdom of "Oxwitik" also known as Copán. (from History of Honduras)
Image 63Central Park in San Pedro Sula, where several cultural events take place throughout the year. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 64European pirates, especially British, French, and Dutch attacked Honduran towns during the colonial era.
Image 65American troops arriving in Honduras in 1988 during Operation Golden Pheasant (from History of Honduras)
Image 66Flag of the Central American Federation that lasted until 1839. (from History of Honduras)
Image 67In 1986, Honduras bombed two Nicaraguan towns. (from History of Honduras)
Image 68The railroad transportation suffered a lot of economic issues and disadvantages during the 2000s, it was not until 2010 passenger trains where reactivated. (from History of Honduras)
Image 69Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) in a forest in eastern Honduras (from Flora and fauna of Honduras)
Image 70The Fortress of San Fernando de Omoa (from History of Honduras)
Image 71Cafe Guancasco, is one of the best exponents of Honduran pop rock. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 72Pork chop with plantain chips (from Honduran cuisine)
Image 73San Cristóbal fortress, in the city of Gracias, built during the 19th century. (from History of Honduras)
Image 74Sopa de caracol (conch soup) (from Honduran cuisine)
Image 75Maguen David sinagoge in San Pedro Sula, one of the places of the Honduran Jewish community. (from Culture of Honduras)
Image 76A Honduran breakfast (from Honduran cuisine)
Image 77The dictatorship of Carias Andino is remembered as the longest dictatorship that Honduras has ever had (from History of Honduras)
Image 78Mayan rain god Chaac representation at the Mayan Sculpture Museum in Copán. (from Culture of Honduras)

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Ancestry and ethnicity in Honduras
Indigenous	Maya Pech Sumo Tolupan
Non-Indigenous	Afro-Honduran Arab-Honduran Garifuna White Spanish Jews Mestizo Mulatto

Languages of Honduras
Official language	Spanish
Indigenous languages	Ch'orti Garifuna Lenca Miskito Pech Sumo Tolupan
Other languages	Bay Islands English
Sign languages	Honduran Sign Language Bay Islands Sign Language

Honduras national football team
General	Federation History Players Managers
Venues	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (1948–1996) Estadio Francisco Morazán (1996–1997) Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano (1997–present)
Statistics	FIFA World Cup record CONCACAF Gold Cup record Copa América record Results Head to head
Categories	Men teams Senior U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 Futsal Women teams Women U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15
Rivalries	Costa Rica El Salvador (Football War) Mexico
FIFA World Cup	1982 2010 2014
CONCACAF Gold Cup	1963 1967 1971 1973 1981 1985 1991 1993 1996 1998 2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
Copa América	2001
Goals	Carlo Costly

Rivers of Honduras
Atlantic Basin	Aguán Cangrejal Chamelecón Coco Cruta Cuero Guayambre Guayape Higuito Humuya Jalan Jicatuyo Leán Mocorón Monda Motagua Nakunta Otoro Papaloteca Patuca Paulaya Plátano Rio Blanco Rio Sico Tinto Negro Sico Sigre Sulaco Talgua Tela Telica Tinto Ulúa Wampú Warunta Yaguala
Pacific Basin	Choluteca Goascorán Guarajambala Lempa Mocal Nacaome Río Negro Sumpul Torola

Tegucigalpa
History	Timeline
Infrastructure	Water management
Transport	Toncontín International Airport
Education	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras Main Campus Central American Technological University Tegucigalpa Campus Universidad Católica de Honduras Campus San José American School of Tegucigalpa DelCampo International School Discovery School, Tegucigalpa International School of Tegucigalpa Lycée Franco-Hondurien
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