HondurasMike

=__**Honduras**__=

[|Honduras is located] east of El Salvador.

=**__Political Info__**=

__**Political Map**__ [|**Tegucigalpa**] is the capitol of Honduras. Tegucigalapa is located in the South West corner of Honduras. Some [|cities] in Honduras are Omoa, Yoro and Tela.

=__Physical Info__=




 * __Physical Map__**



[|Patuca River] [|Pico Bonito] [|Montaña de la Flor]

=__Climate and Political Info__= Subtropical in Lowlands, Temperate in Mountains Weather Forecast
 * [|Climate]**

President Mel Zelaya

Honduras' currency is [|Lempira]

[|Population]: 7,326,496 (2006) [|Language]: Spanish, Amerindian dialects [|Major Religions]: Roman Catholic, Prodestant [|Male Life Expectancy]: 67.75 years [|Female Life Expectancy]: 70.98 years [|Literacy Rate]: //male:// 76.1%, //female:// 76.3% [|Major Ethnic Groups]: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1% [|Honduras] is Slightly Larger than Tennesee. [|Coastline]: 820 km [|Cell Phones]: 1.282 million (2005) [|Airports]: 116 (2006) [|Internet Users]: 223,000 (2005) [|Waterways]: 465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2005) [|Radio Stations]: AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998) [|Population Below Poverty Line]: 53% (1993 est.) [|Unemployment Rate]: 27.9% (2006 est.) [|People Living With AIDS]: 63,000 (2003 est.)

English :
 * [|Honduras National Anthem]**

CHORUS

Your flag is a splendour of sky Crossed with a band of snow; And there can be seen, in its sacred depths,

(repeat) Five pale blue stars. In your emblem, which a rough sea With its wild waves protects, Behind the bare summit of a volcano,

(repeat)

A star brightly shines.

(repeat)

Like an Indian maiden you were sleeping, Lulled by the resonant song of your seas, When, set in your golden valleys, The bold navigator found you; And on seeing, enraptured, your beauty, And feeling your enchantment, He dedicated a kiss of love to the blue hen Of your splendid mantle.

CHORUS To guard this sacred emblem We shall march, oh fatherland, to our death; Our death will be honoured If we die thinking of your love. Having defended your holy flag, And shrouded in its glorious folds, Many, Honduras, shall die for you, But all shall fall in honour.

=Culture= Honduras' Soccer/Football Team A traditonal Honduras Pinata



Honduras Residents making tortillas at home.

This piece called " Rain of Fish " has a lot of importance to Honduras.

=Human-Environment Interaction=

[|Timeline]

 * 1502** - Christopher Columbus arrives in Honduras.
 * 1821** - Honduras gains independence from Spain but becomes part of Mexico.


 * 1840** - Honduras becomes completly independent.


 * 1969** - Brief but costly war with El Salvador over heavy immigration and disputed border.


 * 1980** - General Paz signs peace treaty with El Salvador.


 * 1988** August - Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds Honduran government guilty of "disappearances" of Honduran citizens between 1981 and 1984.


 * 2006** April - Free trade deal with the US comes into effect. The Honduran Congress approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (Cafta) in March 2005.

[|Rainforest]
There is some rainforest located in Honduras. It is located near the Zacate River.

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=__Movement__=

Honduras [|exports] coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, and lumber. To fly to Honduras from Newark Airport [|costs]: $861.00 Spain, and Mexico used to rule Honduras. Now they are independent.

=Region=

Honduras is [|located] in Central America, which is in the [|Western Hemisphere].