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{{Infobox country | {{Infobox country | ||
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Honduras | | conventional_long_name = Republic of Honduras | ||
| common_name | | common_name = Honduras | ||
| native_name | | native_name = {{lang|es|República de Honduras}} | ||
| image_flag | | image_flag = Flag of Honduras (1949–2022, 2026–present).svg | ||
| image_coat | | image_coat = Coat of arms of Honduras.svg | ||
| coa_size | | coa_size = 75 | ||
| national_motto | | national_motto = {{native phrase|es|Libre, Soberana e Independiente|paren=off}}<br />"Free, Sovereign and Independent" | ||
| national_anthem | | national_anthem = {{native name|es|Himno Nacional de Honduras|paren=off}}<br />"[[National Anthem of Honduras]]"{{parabr}}{{center|[[File:Honduras National Anthem.ogg]]}} | ||
| image_map | | image_map = HND orthographic.svg | ||
| image_map2 | | map_caption = Location of Honduras | ||
| capital | | image_map2 = | ||
| coordinates | | capital = [[Tegucigalpa]] | ||
| largest_city | | coordinates = {{Coord|14|6|N|87|13|W|type:city}} | ||
| official_languages | | largest_city = Tegucigalpa | ||
| regional_languages | | official_languages = [[Honduran Spanish|Spanish]] | ||
| ethnic_groups | | regional_languages = | ||
| ethnic_groups = {{unbulleted list | |||
| 82.93% [[Mestizo]]{{efn|Mixture of [[European people|European]] and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indian]].}} | |||
| 7.87% [[White Latin Americans|White]] | |||
| 7.25% [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous]] | |||
| 1.39% [[Afro-Honduran|Black]] | |||
| 0.55% other | |||
}} | }} | ||
| ethnic_groups_year | | ethnic_groups_year = 2013 | ||
| ethnic_groups_ref | | ethnic_groups_ref = <ref name=human_rights>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/Derechos%20Humanos%20-%20El%20Caso%20de%20Honduras.pdf|title=Derechos Humanos - El Caso de Honduras|date=2017|publisher=National Democratic Institute|access-date=2025-05-21|language=es|page=37}}</ref> | ||
| religion | | religion = | ||
| religion_ref | | religion_ref = | ||
| religion_year | | religion_year = 2020 | ||
| demonym | | demonym = {{hlist |[[Hondurans|Honduran]] |Catracho}} | ||
| government_type | | government_type = Unitary [[Presidential system|presidential republic]] | ||
| leader_title1 | | leader_title1 = [[President of Honduras|President]] | ||
| leader_name1 | | leader_name1 = [[Nasry Asfura]] | ||
| leader_title2 | | leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Honduras|Vice Presidents]] | ||
| leader_name2 | | leader_name2 = [[María Antonieta Mejía]]<br />[[Carlos Flores Guifarro]]<br />[[Diana Herrera]] | ||
| leader_title3 | | leader_title3 = [[National Congress of Honduras|President of National Congress]] | ||
| leader_name3 | | leader_name3 = [[Tomás Zambrano]] | ||
| legislature | | legislature = [[National Congress of Honduras|National Congress]] | ||
| sovereignty_type | | sovereignty_type = [[Independence]] | ||
| established_event1 | | established_event1 = {{nowrap|Declared{{efn|As part of the [[Federal Republic of Central America]].}} from [[Spain]]}} | ||
| established_date1 | | established_date1 = 15 September 1821 | ||
| established_event2 | | established_event2 = {{nowrap|Declared from the<br />[[First Mexican Empire]]}} | ||
| established_date2 | | established_date2 = 1 July 1823 | ||
| established_event3 | | established_event3 = Declared, as Honduras, from the [[Federal Republic of Central America]] | ||
| established_date3 | | established_date3 = 5 November 1838 | ||
| area_km2 | | area_km2 = 112,492 | ||
| area_rank | | area_rank = 101st <!-- Should match [[List of countries and dependencies by area]] --> | ||
| area_sq_mi | | area_sq_mi = 43,278 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]--> | ||
| percent_water | | percent_water = | ||
| population_estimate | | population_estimate = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 9,571,352<ref>{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Honduras|access-date=22 June 2023|year=2023}}</ref> | ||
| population_estimate_year = 2023 | | population_estimate_year = 2023 | ||
| population_estimate_rank = 95th | | population_estimate_rank = 95th | ||
| population_density_km2 = 85 | | population_density_km2 = 85 | ||
| population_density_sq_mi = 221 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]--> | | population_density_sq_mi = 221 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]--> | ||
| population_density_rank = {{ordinal|128}} | | population_density_rank = {{ordinal|128}} | ||
| GDP_PPP | | GDP_PPP = {{increase}} $86.290 billion<ref name="IMFWEO.HN">{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile/HND |title=World Economic Outlook Database, October 2025 Edition. - Data Mapper - Honduras |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |website=IMF.org |date=10 October 2025 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref> | ||
| GDP_PPP_rank | | GDP_PPP_rank = | ||
| GDP_PPP_year | | GDP_PPP_year = 2025 | ||
| GDP_PPP_per_capita | | GDP_PPP_per_capita = {{increase}} $7,960<ref name="IMFWEO.HN" /> | ||
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = | | GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = | ||
| GDP_nominal | | GDP_nominal = {{increase}} $39.450 billion<ref name="IMFWEO.HN" /> | ||
| GDP_nominal_rank | | GDP_nominal_rank = | ||
| GDP_nominal_year | | GDP_nominal_year = 2025 | ||
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = {{increase}} $3, | | GDP_nominal_per_capita = {{increase}} $3,640<ref name="IMFWEO.HN" /> | ||
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = | | GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = | ||
| Gini | | Gini = 52.1 <!--number only--> | ||
| Gini_year | | Gini_year = 2018 | ||
| Gini_change | | Gini_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady--> | ||
| Gini_ref | | Gini_ref = <ref name="cia-gini">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coefficient-distribution-of-family-income/country-comparison/ |title=Gini Index coefficient |publisher=CIA World Factbook |access-date=12 August 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717071854/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coefficient-distribution-of-family-income/country-comparison |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
| Gini_rank | | Gini_rank = | ||
| HDI_year | | HDI_year = 2023 <!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year--> | ||
| HDI_change | | HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady--> | ||
| HDI | | HDI = 0.645 <!--number only--> | ||
| HDI_ref | | HDI_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date= 6 May 2025 |title=Human Development Report 2023/2024|url= https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/specific-country-data#/countries/HND|access-date=6 May 2025|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| HDI_rank | | HDI_rank = 139th | ||
| currency | | currency = [[Honduran lempira|Lempira]] | ||
| currency_code | | currency_code = HNL | ||
|date_format | |date_format = {{nowrap|dd/mm/yyyy}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Date Format by Country 2025|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/date-format-by-country|access-date=2025-07-17}}</ref> | ||
| time_zone | | time_zone = [[Central Time Zone|CST]] | ||
| utc_offset | | utc_offset = −6 | ||
| drives_on | | drives_on = right | ||
| calling_code | | calling_code = [[+504]] | ||
| cctld | | cctld = [[.hn]] | ||
| footnote_a | | footnote_a = "Libre, soberana e independiente" is the official motto, by congressional order, and was put on the coat of arms. | ||
| footnote_b = Population estimates explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected, as of July 2007. | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Honduras''',{{efn|{{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Honduras.ogg|h|ɒ|n|ˈ|dj|ʊər|ə|s|,_|-|æ|s}};<ref>{{citation|last=Wells|first=John C.|year=2008|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|edition=3rd|publisher=Longman|isbn=9781405881180}}</ref> {{IPA|es|onˈduɾas|lang|ES-pe - Honduras.ogg}}}} officially the '''Republic of Honduras''',{{efn|{{langx|es|República de 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 city|capital]] and largest city is [[Tegucigalpa]]. | '''Honduras''',{{efn|{{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Honduras.ogg|h|ɒ|n|ˈ|dj|ʊər|ə|s|,_|-|æ|s}};<ref>{{citation|last=Wells|first=John C.|year=2008|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|edition=3rd|publisher=Longman|isbn=9781405881180}}</ref> {{IPA|es|onˈduɾas|lang|ES-pe - Honduras.ogg}}}} officially the '''Republic of Honduras''',{{efn|{{langx|es|República de 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 city|capital]] and largest city is [[Tegucigalpa]]. | ||
Honduras was home to several important [[ | Honduras was home to several important [[Mesoamerica]]n cultures, most notably the [[Maya civilization|Maya]], before [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish colonization]] in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced [[Catholic Church|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]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Mosquito Coast |publisher=Britannica Concise Encyclopedia |url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9372678/Mosquito-Coast |work=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141401/http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9372678/Mosquito-Coast |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}</ref> | ||
The nation's economy is primarily [[Agriculture|agricultural]], making it especially vulnerable to natural | The nation's economy is primarily [[Agriculture|agricultural]], making it especially vulnerable to [[natural disaster]]s such as [[Hurricane Mitch]] in 1998.<ref name=":9" /> Honduras has a [[Human Development Index]] of 0.624, ranking 138th in the world.<ref name=":1" /> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-13 |title=Honduras: El 73% de los habitantes del país son pobres, según el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas • Semanario Universidad |url=https://semanariouniversidad.com/mundo/honduras-el-73-de-los-habitantes-del-pais-son-pobres-segun-el-instituto-nacional-de-estadisticas-2/ |access-date= |website=semanariouniversidad.com |language=es}}</ref> The lower class is primarily agriculturally based while wealth is concentrated in the country's urban centers.<ref name="LOC" /> The country is one of the most [[Economic inequality|economically unequal]] in Latin America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redacción |title=Honduras, el país con mayor desigualdad de América Latina |url=https://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/honduras-el-pais-con-mayor-desigualdad-de-america-latina-DWLP937958 |access-date= |website=www.laprensa.hn |language=es-HN}}</ref> Honduran society is predominantly [[Mestizo]]; however, there are also significant Indigenous, Black, and White communities in Honduras.<ref name="cia.gov" /> | ||
In the early 20th century, Honduras was dominated by transnational agricultural companies, whose interests were protected militarily by the United States. The term "[[banana republic]]", was originally coined to describe Honduras's politically unstable, corporate-dominated democracy. The country's civilian government was overthrown in a 1963 military coup, and the nation returned to civilian rule in 1979. The United States re-established its military presence in Honduras in the 1980s, using Honduras as a base of operations to oppose the Nicaraguan government in the [[Nicaraguan Revolution|Contra war]]. | |||
== | A [[2009 Honduran coup d'état|2009 military coup]] toppled the government of [[Manuel Zelaya]] and controversy arose from claims of electoral fraud in the subsequent [[2013 Honduran general election|2013]] and [[2017 Honduran general election|2017 presidential elections]].<ref name=":7">{{cite journal |last=Ruhl |first=J. Mark |title=Agrarian Structure and Political Stability in Honduras |journal=Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs |volume=26 |number=1 |date=1984 |pages=33–68 |doi=10.2307/165506 |jstor=165506 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/165506 |access-date=24 August 2019 |archive-date=24 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824164528/https://www.jstor.org/stable/165506 |url-status=live | issn=0022-1937 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Lemoine |first=Maurice |date=2025-11-01 |title=Honduras: the left tests its limits in power |url=https://mondediplo.com/2025/11/07honduras |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=Le Monde diplomatique |language=en}}</ref> In [[2021 Honduran general election|2021]], [[Xiomara Castro]] was elected to the presidency, returning the left to power for the first time since the 2009 coup. [[Nasry Asfura]] won the [[2025 Honduran general election|2025 election]] amid claims of fraud and electoral interference by the United States.<ref name=":19">{{Cite news |last=Rogero |first=Tiago |date=2025-12-09 |title=Honduras president alleges 'electoral coup' under way amid Trump 'interference' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/09/honduras-president-alleges-electoral-coup-under-way-amid-trump-interference |access-date=2025-12-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> | ||
The literal meaning of the term | |||
Honduras spans about {{convert|112,492|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and has a population exceeding {{million|{{UN_Population|Honduras}}}}.{{UN_Population|ref}} Its northern portions are part of the [[western Caribbean zone]], as reflected in the area's demographics and culture. Honduras is known for its rich natural resources, including [[mineral]]s, [[coffee]], [[tropical fruit]], and [[sugar cane]], as well as for its growing [[textile]]s industry, which serves the international market. | |||
==Etymology== | |||
The literal meaning of the Spanish term {{lang|es|honduras}} is {{gloss|depths}}. The name could refer either to the bay of Trujillo as an anchorage, ''fondura'' in the [[Leonese dialect]] of Spain, or to [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]]'s alleged quote that "''Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas honduras''" ("Thank God we have departed from those depths").<ref name=timeline>{{cite web | |||
|url=http://www.honduras.com/history-of-honduras/ | |url=http://www.honduras.com/history-of-honduras/ | ||
|title=History of Honduras – Timeline | |title=History of Honduras – Timeline | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Hondurans are often referred to as either the masculine '' | [[Hondurans]] are often referred to as either the masculine ''catracho'' or the feminine ''catracha'' in Spanish. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
{{Main|History of Honduras}} | {{Main|History of Honduras}} | ||
[[File:CPN ST B 01.jpg|thumb|A [[Maya stelae|Maya stela]], an emblematic symbol of the Honduran Mayan civilization at Copan]] | [[File:CPN ST B 01.jpg|thumb|A [[Maya stelae|Maya stela]], an emblematic symbol of the Honduran Mayan civilization at Copan]] | ||
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=== Spanish conquest (1524–1539) === | === Spanish conquest (1524–1539) === | ||
{{main|Spanish conquest of Honduras}} | {{main|Spanish conquest of Honduras}} | ||
[[File:Retrato de Hernán Cortés.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Hernán Cortés]], one of the conquerors of Honduras]] | [[File:Retrato de Hernán Cortés.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Hernán Cortés]], one of the conquerors of Honduras]] | ||
On his fourth and the final voyage to the [[New World]] in 1502, [[Christopher Columbus]] landed near the modern town of [[Trujillo, Honduras|Trujillo]], near Guaimoreto Lagoon, becoming the first European to visit the [[Bay Islands Department|Bay Islands]] on the coast of Honduras.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://honduras.com/history/ |title=Columbus and the History of Honduras |publisher=Office of the Honduras National Chamber of Tourism |access-date=27 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723233247/http://www.honduras.com/history/ |archive-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 30 July 1502, Columbus sent his brother [[Bartholomew Columbus|Bartholomew]] to explore the islands and Bartholomew encountered a Mayan trading vessel from Yucatán, carrying well-dressed Maya and a rich cargo.<ref>{{cite book |author=Perramon, Francesc Ligorred |chapter=Los primeros contactos lingüísticos de los españoles en Yucatán |title=Los mayas de los tiempos tardíos |publisher=Sociedad Española de Estudios Mayas |location=Madrid, Spain |year=1986 |url=http://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/2775333.pdf |page=242 |oclc=16268597 |isbn=9788439871200 |editor1=Miguel Rivera |editor2=Andrés Ciudad |language=es |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412021428/https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/2775333.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="clendinnen2003">{{cite book|author=Clendinnen, Inga |author-link=Inga Clendinnen |orig-year=1988 |year=2003 |title=Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517–1570 |edition=2nd |isbn=0-521-52731-7 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge, UK |url= https://archive.org/details/ambivalentconque00inga |url-access=registration | On his fourth and the final voyage to the [[New World]] in 1502, [[Christopher Columbus]] landed near the modern town of [[Trujillo, Honduras|Trujillo]], near Guaimoreto Lagoon, becoming the first European to visit the [[Bay Islands Department|Bay Islands]] on the coast of Honduras.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://honduras.com/history/ |title=Columbus and the History of Honduras |publisher=Office of the Honduras National Chamber of Tourism |access-date=27 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723233247/http://www.honduras.com/history/ |archive-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 30 July 1502, Columbus sent his brother [[Bartholomew Columbus|Bartholomew]] to explore the islands and Bartholomew encountered a Mayan trading vessel from Yucatán, carrying well-dressed Maya and a rich cargo.<ref>{{cite book |author=Perramon, Francesc Ligorred |chapter=Los primeros contactos lingüísticos de los españoles en Yucatán |title=Los mayas de los tiempos tardíos |publisher=Sociedad Española de Estudios Mayas |location=Madrid, Spain |year=1986 |url=http://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/2775333.pdf |page=242 |oclc=16268597 |isbn=9788439871200 |editor1=Miguel Rivera |editor2=Andrés Ciudad |language=es |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412021428/https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/2775333.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="clendinnen2003">{{cite book|author=Clendinnen, Inga |author-link=Inga Clendinnen |orig-year=1988 |year=2003 |title=Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517–1570 |edition=2nd |isbn=0-521-52731-7 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge, UK |url= https://archive.org/details/ambivalentconque00inga |url-access=registration | ||
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The writer [[O. Henry]] coined the term "[[banana republic]]"<ref name=BananaRep>{{Cite news | |||
|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/11/economist-explains-16 | |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/11/economist-explains-16 | ||
|title=Where did banana republics get their name? | |title=Where did banana republics get their name? | ||
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114011541/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2013/11/21/where-did-banana-republics-get-their-name | |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114011541/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2013/11/21/where-did-banana-republics-get-their-name | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> in his 1904 novel ''[[Cabbages and Kings (novel)|Cabbages and Kings]]'' to describe a fictional country, [[Anchuria]], that was inspired by his experiences in Honduras, where he had lived for six months.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Malcolm D. MacLean |date=Summer 1968 |title=O. Henry in Honduras |journal=American Literary Realism, 1870–1910 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=36–46 |jstor=27747601 }}</ref> In ''The Admiral'', one of the interlinking stories from which he composed the novel, O. Henry refers to Anchuria as a "small maritime banana republic"; naturally, the fruit was the entire basis of its economy.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-banana-republic/267048/b |title=Is the U.S. on the Verge of Becoming a Banana Republic? |first1=David A. |last1=Graham |date=10 January 2013 |journal=[[The Atlantic]] |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308143408/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-banana-republic/267048/b/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=[[O. Henry]]|title=Cabbages and Kings|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday, Page & Company]]|location=New York City|year=1904|url=https://archive.org/details/cabbagesandking04henrgoog |quote=banana republic Anchuria.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cabbagesandking04henrgoog/page/n160 132], 296}}</ref> According to a literary analyst writing for ''[[The Economist]]'', "his phrase neatly conjures up the image of a tropical, agrarian country. But its real meaning is sharper: it refers to the fruit companies from the United States that came to exert extraordinary influence over the politics of Honduras and its neighbors."<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-we-got-term-banana-republic-180961813/#geHDsKSeDYOltxOK.99 |title=Smartnews 'Where We Got the Term' "Banana Republic" Hint: it's not a great moment in American history |first1=Kat |last1=Eschner |date=18 January 2017 |journal=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102231017/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-we-got-term-banana-republic-180961813/#geHDsKSeDYOltxOK.99 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=BananaRep/> In addition to drawing Central American workers north, the fruit companies encouraged immigration of workers from the [[English-speaking Caribbean]], notably [[Jamaica]] and [[Belize]], which introduced an African-descended, English-speaking and largely Protestant population into the country, although many of these workers left following changes to immigration law in 1939.<ref name=Chambers> | ||
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In 1979, the country returned to civilian rule<!-- for the first time since 1963? -->. A [[constituent assembly]] was popularly elected in April 1980 to write a new constitution, and general elections were held in November 1981. The constitution was approved in 1982 and the [[Liberal Party of Honduras|PLH]] government of [[Roberto Suazo Córdova|Roberto Suazo]] won the election with a promise to carry out an ambitious program of economic and social development to tackle the recession in which Honduras found itself. He launched ambitious social and economic development projects sponsored by American development aid. Honduras became host to the largest [[Peace Corps]] mission in the world, and nongovernmental and international voluntary agencies proliferated. The Peace Corps withdrew its volunteers in 2012, citing safety concerns.<ref name=CSM>{{cite news | In 1979, the country returned to civilian rule<!-- for the first time since 1963? -->. A [[constituent assembly]] was popularly elected in April 1980 to write a new constitution, and general elections were held in November 1981. The constitution was approved in 1982 and the [[Liberal Party of Honduras|PLH]] government of [[Roberto Suazo Córdova|Roberto Suazo]] won the election with a promise to carry out an ambitious program of economic and social development to tackle the recession in which Honduras found itself. He launched ambitious social and economic development projects sponsored by American development aid. Honduras became host to the largest [[Peace Corps]] mission in the world, and nongovernmental and international voluntary agencies proliferated. The Peace Corps withdrew its volunteers in 2012, citing safety concerns.<ref name=CSM>{{cite news | ||
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On 28 November 2021, the former first lady [[Xiomara Castro]], leftist presidential candidate of opposition [[Liberty and Refoundation]] Party, won 53% of the votes in the [[2021 Honduran general election|presidential election]] to become the first female president of Honduras, bringing an end to the 12-year reign of the right-wing National Party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Honduras elected its first female president, Xiomara Castro |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/honduras-elected-first-female-president-xiomara-castro-rcna7218 |work=NBC News |date=1 December 2021 |language=en |access-date=5 December 2021 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618160850/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/honduras-elected-first-female-president-xiomara-castro-rcna7218 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was sworn in on 27 January 2022. Her husband, Manuel Zelaya, held the same office from 2006 until 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Xiomara Castro: Honduras' first female president sworn in |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60155634 |work=BBC News |date=27 January 2022 |access-date=4 February 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204174344/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60155634 |url-status=live }}</ref> | On 28 November 2021, the former first lady [[Xiomara Castro]], leftist presidential candidate of opposition [[Liberty and Refoundation]] Party, won 53% of the votes in the [[2021 Honduran general election|presidential election]] to become the first female president of Honduras, bringing an end to the 12-year reign of the right-wing National Party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Honduras elected its first female president, Xiomara Castro |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/honduras-elected-first-female-president-xiomara-castro-rcna7218 |work=NBC News |date=1 December 2021 |language=en |access-date=5 December 2021 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618160850/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/honduras-elected-first-female-president-xiomara-castro-rcna7218 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was sworn in on 27 January 2022. Her husband, Manuel Zelaya, held the same office from 2006 until 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Xiomara Castro: Honduras' first female president sworn in |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60155634 |work=BBC News |date=27 January 2022 |access-date=4 February 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204174344/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60155634 |url-status=live }}</ref> Castro's government re-nationalized the nation's telecommunications and energy industries, subsidized electricity, education and school meals for more than a million impoverished families, and extended financial aid to students and the elderly. The government made major investments in the construction of eight new hospitals and in the electricity grid. The government also focused on shutting down [[special economic zone]]s instituted by the dictatorship and its successors. The Castro government sought to diversify Honduras's agricultural production by incentivizing farmers to grow food in addition to [[cash crop]]s through low-interest loans, domestic production quotas and investments in the agricultural sector. Castro's [[Liberty and Refoundation|Libre]] party was not able to gain control of congress, and was consequently unable to nationalize private land, leading to protests and dissatisfaction among the rural poor.<ref name=":4" /> | ||
In April 2022, former president of Honduras, [[Juan Orlando Hernández]], who served two terms between 2014 and January 2022, was extradited to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering | In April 2022, former president of Honduras, [[Juan Orlando Hernández]], who served two terms between 2014 and January 2022, was extradited to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.<ref>{{cite news |title=Juan Orlando Hernández: Honduran ex-leader extradited to US |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61174692 |work=BBC News |date=21 April 2022 |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523114459/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61174692 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2025, Hernández was pardoned by the Trump administration. Nasry Asfura was declared the winner of the [[2025 Honduran general election|2025 Honduran election]], with Castro and both of Asfura's opponents, [[Salvador Nasralla]] and [[Rixi Moncada]], alleging fraud. Roughly 14.5% of the electoral tally sheets contained inconsistencies and required a review.<ref name=":19" /> On 27 January 2026, Nasry Asfura was sworn in as president of Honduras.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump ally Asfura sworn in as Honduras president |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260127-trump-ally-nasry-asfura-sworn-in-as-honduras-president |work=France 24 |date=27 January 2026 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
{{Main|Geography of Honduras}} | {{Main|Geography of Honduras}} | ||
[[Image:Honduras Topography.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Honduras's topography]] | [[Image:Honduras Topography.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Honduras's topography]] | ||
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===Climate=== | ===Climate=== | ||
{{Main|Geography of Honduras#Climate}} | {{Main|Geography of Honduras#Climate}} | ||
[[File:Honduras Köppen.svg|upright=1.3|thumb|[[Köppen climate classification system|Köppen climate types]] of Honduras]] | [[File:Honduras Köppen.svg|upright=1.3|thumb|[[Köppen climate classification system|Köppen climate types]] of Honduras]] | ||
The climate varies from tropical in the [[lowland]]s to [[temperate]] in the mountains. The Pacific coast is generally drier than the Caribbean. | The climate varies from tropical in the [[lowland]]s to [[temperate]] in the mountains. The Pacific coast is generally drier than the Caribbean. | ||
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===Biodiversity=== | ===Biodiversity=== | ||
{{main|Flora and Fauna of Honduras}} | {{main|Flora and Fauna of Honduras}} | ||
{{See also|List of birds of Honduras|List of national parks of Honduras}} | {{See also|List of birds of Honduras|List of national parks of Honduras}} | ||
The region is considered a [[biodiversity hotspot]] because of the many plant and animal species found there. Like other countries in the region, it contains vast biological resources. Honduras hosts more than 6,000 species of [[vascular | The region is considered a [[biodiversity hotspot]] because of the many plant and animal species found there. Like other countries in the region, it contains vast biological resources. Honduras hosts more than 6,000 species of [[vascular plant]]s, of which 630 (described so far) are [[orchid]]s; around 250 [[reptile]]s and [[amphibian]]s, more than 700 bird species, and 110 [[mammal]]ian species, of which half are [[bat]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hondurassilvestre.com |title=Honduran Biodiversity Database |publisher=Honduras Silvestre |access-date=27 June 2010 |date=1 August 2012 |language=es |archive-date=15 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315131944/http://www.hondurassilvestre.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
In the northeastern region of [[La Mosquitia (Honduras)|La Mosquitia]] lies the [[Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve]], a lowland rainforest which is home to a great diversity of life. The reserve was added to the [[UNESCO World Heritage]] Sites List in 1982. | In the northeastern region of [[La Mosquitia (Honduras)|La Mosquitia]] lies the [[Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve]], a lowland rainforest which is home to a great diversity of life. The reserve was added to the [[UNESCO World Heritage]] Sites List in 1982. | ||
Honduras has rain forests, [[cloud | Honduras has rain forests, [[cloud forest]]s (which can rise up to nearly {{convert|3,000|m|disp=or|abbr=off}} [[above sea level]]), [[mangrove]]s, [[savanna]]<!--h-->s and mountain ranges with pine and oak trees, and the [[Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System]]. In the [[Bay Islands (department)|Bay Islands]] there are [[bottlenose dolphin]]s, [[manta ray]]s, [[parrot fish]], schools of [[Acanthurus coeruleus|blue tang]] and [[whale shark]]. | ||
[[Deforestation]] resulting from [[logging]] is rampant in [[Olancho Department]]. The clearing of land for agriculture is prevalent in the largely undeveloped [[La Mosquitia (Honduras)|La Mosquitia]] region, causing [[land degradation]] and [[soil erosion]]. Honduras had a 2019 [[Forest Landscape Integrity Index]] mean score of 4.48/10, ranking it 126th globally out of 172 countries.<ref name="FLII-Supplementary">{{cite journal|last1=Grantham|first1=H. S.|last2=Duncan|first2=A.|last3=Evans|first3=T. D.|last4=Jones|first4=K. R.|last5=Beyer|first5=H. L.|last6=Schuster|first6=R.|last7=Walston|first7=J.|last8=Ray|first8=J. C.|last9=Robinson|first9=J. G.|last10=Callow|first10=M.|last11=Clements|first11=T.|last12=Costa|first12=H. M.|last13=DeGemmis|first13=A.|last14=Elsen|first14=P. R.|last15=Ervin|first15=J.|last16=Franco|first16=P.|last17=Goldman|first17=E.|last18=Goetz|first18=S.|last19=Hansen|first19=A.|last20=Hofsvang|first20=E.|last21=Jantz|first21=P.|last22=Jupiter|first22=S.|last23=Kang|first23=A.|last24=Langhammer|first24=P.|last25=Laurance|first25=W. F.|last26=Lieberman|first26=S.|last27=Linkie|first27=M.|last28=Malhi|first28=Y.|last29=Maxwell|first29=S.|last30=Mendez|first30=M.|last31=Mittermeier|first31=R.|last32=Murray|first32=N. J.|last33=Possingham|first33=H.|last34=Radachowsky|first34=J.|last35=Saatchi|first35=S.|last36=Samper|first36=C.|last37=Silverman|first37=J.|last38=Shapiro|first38=A.|last39=Strassburg|first39=B.|last40=Stevens|first40=T.|last41=Stokes|first41=E.|last42=Taylor|first42=R.|last43=Tear|first43=T.|last44=Tizard|first44=R.|last45=Venter|first45=O.|last46=Visconti|first46=P.|last47=Wang|first47=S.|last48=Watson|first48=J. E. M.|title=Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material|journal=Nature Communications|volume=11|issue=1|year=2020|page=5978|issn=2041-1723|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3|pmid=33293507|pmc=7723057|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.5978G }}</ref> | [[Deforestation]] resulting from [[logging]] is rampant in [[Olancho Department]]. The clearing of land for agriculture is prevalent in the largely undeveloped [[La Mosquitia (Honduras)|La Mosquitia]] region, causing [[land degradation]] and [[soil erosion]]. Honduras had a 2019 [[Forest Landscape Integrity Index]] mean score of 4.48/10, ranking it 126th globally out of 172 countries.<ref name="FLII-Supplementary">{{cite journal|last1=Grantham|first1=H. S.|last2=Duncan|first2=A.|last3=Evans|first3=T. D.|last4=Jones|first4=K. R.|last5=Beyer|first5=H. L.|last6=Schuster|first6=R.|last7=Walston|first7=J.|last8=Ray|first8=J. C.|last9=Robinson|first9=J. G.|last10=Callow|first10=M.|last11=Clements|first11=T.|last12=Costa|first12=H. M.|last13=DeGemmis|first13=A.|last14=Elsen|first14=P. R.|last15=Ervin|first15=J.|last16=Franco|first16=P.|last17=Goldman|first17=E.|last18=Goetz|first18=S.|last19=Hansen|first19=A.|last20=Hofsvang|first20=E.|last21=Jantz|first21=P.|last22=Jupiter|first22=S.|last23=Kang|first23=A.|last24=Langhammer|first24=P.|last25=Laurance|first25=W. F.|last26=Lieberman|first26=S.|last27=Linkie|first27=M.|last28=Malhi|first28=Y.|last29=Maxwell|first29=S.|last30=Mendez|first30=M.|last31=Mittermeier|first31=R.|last32=Murray|first32=N. J.|last33=Possingham|first33=H.|last34=Radachowsky|first34=J.|last35=Saatchi|first35=S.|last36=Samper|first36=C.|last37=Silverman|first37=J.|last38=Shapiro|first38=A.|last39=Strassburg|first39=B.|last40=Stevens|first40=T.|last41=Stokes|first41=E.|last42=Taylor|first42=R.|last43=Tear|first43=T.|last44=Tizard|first44=R.|last45=Venter|first45=O.|last46=Visconti|first46=P.|last47=Wang|first47=S.|last48=Watson|first48=J. E. M.|title=Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity – Supplementary Material|journal=Nature Communications|volume=11|issue=1|year=2020|page=5978|issn=2041-1723|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3|pmid=33293507|pmc=7723057|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.5978G }}</ref> | ||
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==Government and politics== | ==Government and politics== | ||
{{Main|Politics of Honduras}} | {{Main|Politics of Honduras}} | ||
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Honduras is governed within a framework of a [[presidential system|presidential]] [[representative democracy|representative democratic]] [[republic]]. The [[President of Honduras]] is both [[head of state]] and [[head of government]]. [[Executive power]] is exercised by the [[Politics of Honduras|Honduran government]]. [[Legislative power]] is vested in the [[National Congress of Honduras]]. The [[judiciary]] is independent of both the executive branch and the legislature. | Honduras is governed within a framework of a [[presidential system|presidential]] [[representative democracy|representative democratic]] [[republic]]. The [[President of Honduras]] is both [[head of state]] and [[head of government]]. [[Executive power]] is exercised by the [[Politics of Honduras|Honduran government]]. [[Legislative power]] is vested in the [[National Congress of Honduras]]. The [[judiciary]] is independent of both the executive branch and the legislature. | ||
The [[National Congress of Honduras]] (''Congreso Nacional'') has 128 members (''diputados''), elected for a four-year term by [[proportional representation]]. Congressional seats are assigned the parties' candidates on a [[Departments of Honduras|departmental basis]] in proportion to the number of votes each party receives.<ref name=cia>{{cite web|title=Honduras|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/| | The [[National Congress of Honduras]] (''Congreso Nacional'') has 128 members (''diputados''), elected for a four-year term by [[proportional representation]]. Congressional seats are assigned the parties' candidates on a [[Departments of Honduras|departmental basis]] in proportion to the number of votes each party receives.<ref name="cia">{{cite web |date=2025-12-17 |title=Honduras |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260114030113/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/ |archive-date=14 January 2026|access-date=2025-12-27 |work=[[The World Factbook]]}}</ref> | ||
=== Political culture === | === Political culture === | ||
In 1963, a military coup removed the democratically elected president, [[Ramón Villeda Morales]]. A string of authoritarian [[Military junta|military governments]] held power uninterrupted until 1981, when [[Roberto Suazo Córdova]] was elected president. | In 1963, a military coup removed the democratically elected president, [[Ramón Villeda Morales]]. A string of authoritarian [[Military junta|military governments]] held power uninterrupted until 1981, when [[Roberto Suazo Córdova]] was elected president. | ||
The party system was dominated by the conservative [[National Party of Honduras]] (Partido Nacional de Honduras: PNH) and the liberal [[Liberal Party of Honduras]] (Partido Liberal de Honduras: PLH) until the [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]] removed [[Manuel Zelaya]] from office and put [[Roberto Micheletti]] in his place. | The party system was dominated by the conservative [[National Party of Honduras]] (Partido Nacional de Honduras: PNH) and the liberal [[Liberal Party of Honduras]] (Partido Liberal de Honduras: PLH) until the [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]] removed [[Manuel Zelaya]] from office and put [[Roberto Micheletti]] in his place. | ||
In late 2012, 1540 persons were interviewed by [[Radio Progreso & ERIC-SJ|ERIC]] in collaboration with the Jesuit [[Central American University (San Salvador)|university]], as reported by [[Associated Press]]. This survey found that 60% believed the police were involved in crime, 45% had "no confidence" in the Supreme Court, and 72% thought there was electoral fraud in the primary elections of November 2012. Also, 56% expected the presidential, legislative and municipal elections of 2013 to be fraudulent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/honduras-sondeo-muestra-pesimismo-y-desconfianza-192021621.html|title=Honduras: sondeo muestra pesimismo y desconfianza|last=Arce|first=Alberto|date=22 January 2013|language=en-US|access-date=19 January 2019|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415093558/https://news.yahoo.com/honduras-sondeo-muestra-pesimismo-y-desconfianza-192021621.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | In late 2012, 1540 persons were interviewed by [[Radio Progreso & ERIC-SJ|ERIC]] in collaboration with the Jesuit [[Central American University (San Salvador)|university]], as reported by [[Associated Press]]. This survey found that 60% believed the police were involved in crime, 45% had "no confidence" in the Supreme Court, and 72% thought there was electoral fraud in the primary elections of November 2012. Also, 56% expected the presidential, legislative and municipal elections of 2013 to be fraudulent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/honduras-sondeo-muestra-pesimismo-y-desconfianza-192021621.html|title=Honduras: sondeo muestra pesimismo y desconfianza|last=Arce|first=Alberto|date=22 January 2013|language=en-US|access-date=19 January 2019|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415093558/https://news.yahoo.com/honduras-sondeo-muestra-pesimismo-y-desconfianza-192021621.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Then-president [[Juan Orlando Hernández]] took office on 27 January 2014. After managing to stand for a second term,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libertaddigitalhn.com/politica/el-problema-de-la-reeleccion-como-joh-logro-inscribirse/|title=Él problema de la reelección ¿Cómo JOH logro inscribirse? |website=libertaddigitalhn.com|date=18 December 2016|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011219/http://libertaddigitalhn.com/politica/el-problema-de-la-reeleccion-como-joh-logro-inscribirse/|url-status=live}}</ref> a very close [[2017 Honduran general election|election]] in 2017 left uncertainty as to whether then-President Hernandez or his main challenger, television personality [[Salvador Nasralla]], had prevailed.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |title=Opposition calls for re-run of disputed vote |author=Freddy Curves |date=3 December 2017 |agency=AP |publisher=Bay Area News Group |work=San Jose Mercury-News| page=A5}}</ref> The disputed election caused protests and violence. In December 2017, Hernández was declared the winner of the election after a partial recount.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42388313 |title=Hernández announced winner of disputed Honduras election |work=BBC News |date=18 December 2017 |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203005522/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42388313 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2018, Hernández was sworn in for a second presidential term.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42843644 |title=Honduran President Hernández sworn in amid protests |work=BBC News |date=27 January 2018 |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203004101/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42843644 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Xiomara Castro]], the leader of the left-wing [[Liberty and Refoundation|Libre Party]], and wife of Manuel Zelaya, on 27 January 2022, becoming the first woman to serve as president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Honduras swears in Xiomara Castro as first female president |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/27/honduras-swears-in-xiomara-castro-as-first-female-president |work=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |access-date=4 February 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204023040/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/27/honduras-swears-in-xiomara-castro-as-first-female-president |url-status=live }}</ref> | Then-president [[Juan Orlando Hernández]] took office on 27 January 2014. After managing to stand for a second term,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libertaddigitalhn.com/politica/el-problema-de-la-reeleccion-como-joh-logro-inscribirse/|title=Él problema de la reelección ¿Cómo JOH logro inscribirse? |website=libertaddigitalhn.com|date=18 December 2016|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011219/http://libertaddigitalhn.com/politica/el-problema-de-la-reeleccion-como-joh-logro-inscribirse/|url-status=live}}</ref> a very close [[2017 Honduran general election|election]] in 2017 left uncertainty as to whether then-President Hernandez or his main challenger, television personality [[Salvador Nasralla]], had prevailed.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |title=Opposition calls for re-run of disputed vote |author=Freddy Curves |date=3 December 2017 |agency=AP |publisher=Bay Area News Group |work=San Jose Mercury-News| page=A5}}</ref> The disputed election caused protests and violence. In December 2017, Hernández was declared the winner of the election after a partial recount.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42388313 |title=Hernández announced winner of disputed Honduras election |work=BBC News |date=18 December 2017 |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203005522/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42388313 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2018, Hernández was sworn in for a second presidential term.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42843644 |title=Honduran President Hernández sworn in amid protests |work=BBC News |date=27 January 2018 |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203004101/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42843644 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Xiomara Castro]], the leader of the left-wing [[Liberty and Refoundation|Libre Party]], and wife of Manuel Zelaya, on 27 January 2022, becoming the first woman to serve as president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Honduras swears in Xiomara Castro as first female president |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/27/honduras-swears-in-xiomara-castro-as-first-female-president |work=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |access-date=4 February 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204023040/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/27/honduras-swears-in-xiomara-castro-as-first-female-president |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
===Administrative divisions=== | |||
{{Main|Departments of Honduras|Municipalities of Honduras}} | |||
[[File:HondurasDivisions.png|thumb|upright=1.6|The departmental divisions of Honduras]] | |||
Honduras is divided into 18 [[Departments of Honduras|departments]]. The capital city is Tegucigalpa in the Central District within the department of [[Francisco Morazán]]. | |||
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# [[Atlántida Department|Atlántida]] | |||
# [[Choluteca Department|Choluteca]] | |||
# [[Colón Department (Honduras)|Colón]] | |||
# [[Comayagua Department|Comayagua]] | |||
# [[Copán Department|Copán]] | |||
# [[Cortés Department|Cortés]] | |||
# [[El Paraíso Department|El Paraíso]] | |||
# [[Francisco Morazán Department|Francisco Morazán]] | |||
# [[Gracias a Dios Department|Gracias a Dios]] | |||
# [[Intibucá Department|Intibucá]] | |||
# [[Bay Islands Department|Bay Islands]] | |||
# [[La Paz Department (Honduras)|La Paz]] | |||
# [[Lempira Department|Lempira]] | |||
# [[Ocotepeque Department|Ocotepeque]] | |||
# [[Olancho Department|Olancho]] | |||
# [[Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras|Santa Bárbara]] | |||
# [[Valle Department|Valle]] | |||
# [[Yoro Department|Yoro]] | |||
A new administrative division called [[Zone for Employment and Economic Development (Honduras)|ZEDE]] (''Zonas de empleo y desarrollo económico'') was created in 2013. ZEDEs have a high level of autonomy with their own political system at a judicial, economic and administrative level, and are based on [[free market capitalism]]. | |||
=== Foreign relations === | === Foreign relations === | ||
{{ | {{Main|Foreign relations of Honduras}} | ||
[[File:Diplomatic missions of Honduras.png|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Map of [[List of diplomatic missions of Honduras|Honduran diplomatic missions]]]] | [[File:Diplomatic missions of Honduras.png|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Map of [[List of diplomatic missions of Honduras|Honduran diplomatic missions]]]] | ||
[[File:Diplomatic missions in Honduras.png|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Map of [[List of diplomatic missions in Honduras|diplomatic missions in Honduras]]]] | [[File:Diplomatic missions in Honduras.png|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Map of [[List of diplomatic missions in Honduras|diplomatic missions in Honduras]]]] | ||
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}}</ref> which noted that one reason to join ALBA was discounted Venezuelan oil. In addition to Chávez and Morales, [[Carlos Menem]] of Argentina, [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] of Brazil and | }}</ref> which noted that one reason to join ALBA was discounted Venezuelan oil. In addition to Chávez and Morales, [[Carlos Menem]] of Argentina, [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] of Brazil and Colombian President [[Álvaro Uribe]] had all taken this step, and Washington and the EU were both accusing the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] government in Nicaragua of tampering with election results.<ref name=spiegel/> Politicians of all stripes expressed opposition to Zelaya's referendum proposal, and the Attorney-General accused him of violating the constitution. The Honduran Supreme Court agreed, saying that the constitution had put the [[Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Honduras)|Supreme Electoral Tribunal]] in charge of elections and referendums, not the National Statistics Institute, which Zelaya had proposed to have run the count.<ref name=crs>{{cite web | ||
|url=https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128853.pdf | |url=https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128853.pdf | ||
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=== Military === | === Military === | ||
{{ | {{Main|Armed Forces of Honduras}} | ||
Honduras has an [[Honduran Army|army]], a [[Honduran Navy|navy]] and an [[Honduran Air Force| | Honduras has an [[Honduran Army|army]], a [[Honduran Navy|navy]] and an [[Honduran Air Force|air force]]. | ||
In 2017, Honduras signed the UN treaty on the [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons|Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament – No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=20 August 2019 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230171334/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |url-status=live }}</ref> | In 2017, Honduras signed the UN treaty on the [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons|Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament – No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=20 August 2019 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230171334/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
== | ==Economy== | ||
{{ | {{Main|Economy of Honduras}} | ||
{{Excerpt|Economy of Honduras|files=GDP_per_capita_development_in_El_Salvador,_Guatemala_and_Honduras.svg}}[[File:GDP per capita development in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.svg|thumb|right|Historical GDP per capita development of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras]] | |||
=== Poverty === | === Poverty === | ||
The [[World Bank]] categorizes Honduras as a low middle-income nation.<ref name=":0" /> The nation's per capita income sits at around | The [[World Bank]] categorizes Honduras as a low middle-income nation.<ref name=":0" /> The nation's per capita income sits at around US$4,000, making it one of the lowest in North America and Central America.<ref name="IMFWEO.HN" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |publisher= Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park |doi= 10.1057/9780333977798_11 |title = Rural Poverty in Latin America|pages= 227–243 |year = 2000|last1 = López|first1 = Ramón|last2= Romano |first2= Claudia |isbn= 978-1-349-41954-8}} | ||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
In 2016, more than 66% of the population was living below the [[poverty line]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/honduras|title=Honduras|publisher=World Bank|access-date=9 February 2016|archive-date=10 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210033630/https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/honduras|url-status=live}}</ref> | In 2016, more than 66% of the population was living below the [[poverty line]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/honduras|title=Honduras|publisher=World Bank|access-date=9 February 2016|archive-date=10 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210033630/https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/honduras|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Economic growth | Economic growth has averaged 7% a year, one of the highest rates in Latin America as of 2010.<ref name=":0" /> Despite this, Honduras has seen the least development amongst all Central American countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-16-latin-america-in-the-world-arena-1990s-present/honduras-a-country-and-a-coup/|title=Honduras: A Country and a Coup {{!}} Modern Latin America|website=library.brown.edu|language=en-US|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=7 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207113950/https://library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-16-latin-america-in-the-world-arena-1990s-present/honduras-a-country-and-a-coup/|url-status=live}}</ref> Honduras is ranked 130 of 188 countries with a [[Human Development Index]] of .625 that classifies the nation as having medium development (2015).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/all/themes/hdr_theme/country-notes/HND.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2016: Human Development for Everyone|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225173831/http://hdr.undp.org/sites/all/themes/hdr_theme/country-notes/HND.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The three factors that go into Honduras's HDI (an extended and healthy life, accessibility of knowledge and [[standard of living]]) have all improved since 1990 but still remain relatively low with life expectancy at birth being 73.3, expected years of schooling being 11.2 (mean of 6.2 years) and [[GNP per capita|GNI per capita]] being $4,466 (2015).<ref name=":1" /> The HDI for Latin America and the Caribbean overall is 0.751 with life expectancy at birth being 68.6, expected years of schooling being 11.5 (mean of 6.6) and GNI per capita being $6,281 (2015).<ref name=":1" /> | ||
The [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]] led to a variety of economic trends in the nation.<ref name="elcorreo.eu.org" /> Overall growth has slowed, averaging 5.7 percent from 2006 to 2008 but slowing to 3.5 percent annually between 2010 and 2013.<ref name="elcorreo.eu.org" /> Following the coup trends of decreasing poverty and extreme poverty were reversed. The nation saw a poverty increase of 13.2 percent and in extreme poverty of 26.3 percent in just 3 years.<ref name="elcorreo.eu.org" /> Furthermore, unemployment grew between 2008 and 2012 from 6.8 percent to 14.1 percent.<ref name="elcorreo.eu.org" /> | The [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]] led to a variety of economic trends in the nation.<ref name="elcorreo.eu.org" /> Overall growth has slowed, averaging 5.7 percent from 2006 to 2008 but slowing to 3.5 percent annually between 2010 and 2013.<ref name="elcorreo.eu.org" /> Following the coup trends of decreasing poverty and extreme poverty were reversed. The nation saw a poverty increase of 13.2 percent and in extreme poverty of 26.3 percent in just 3 years.<ref name="elcorreo.eu.org" /> Furthermore, unemployment grew between 2008 and 2012 from 6.8 percent to 14.1 percent.<ref name="elcorreo.eu.org" /> | ||
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The IHDI for Latin America and the Caribbean overall is 0.575 with an overall loss of 23.4%.<ref name=":1" /> In 2015 for the entire region, inequality of life expectancy at birth was 22.9%, inequality in education was 14.0% and inequality in income was 34.9%.<ref name=":1" /> While Honduras has a higher life expectancy than other countries in the region (before and after inequality adjustments), its quality of education and economic standard of living are lower.<ref name=":1" /> Income inequality and education inequality have a large impact on the overall development of the nation.<ref name=":1" /> | The IHDI for Latin America and the Caribbean overall is 0.575 with an overall loss of 23.4%.<ref name=":1" /> In 2015 for the entire region, inequality of life expectancy at birth was 22.9%, inequality in education was 14.0% and inequality in income was 34.9%.<ref name=":1" /> While Honduras has a higher life expectancy than other countries in the region (before and after inequality adjustments), its quality of education and economic standard of living are lower.<ref name=":1" /> Income inequality and education inequality have a large impact on the overall development of the nation.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
Inequality also exists between rural and urban areas as it relates to the distribution of resources.<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeWalt |first1=Billie R |last2=Stonich |first2=Susan C. |last3=Hamilton |first3=Sarah L. |chapter=Honduras: Population, Inequality, and Resource Destruction |title=Population and Land Use in Developing Countries |date=1993 |location=Washington D.C. |publisher=National Academies Press |url=https://www.nap.edu/read/2211/chapter/9 |access-date=14 July 2021 |pages=106–123 |doi=10.17226/2211 |isbn=978-0-309-04838-5 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714185836/https://www.nap.edu/read/2211/chapter/9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Poverty is concentrated in southern, eastern, and western regions where rural and indigenous peoples live. North and central Honduras are home to the country's industries and infrastructure, resulting in low levels of poverty.<ref name=":2" /> Poverty is concentrated in rural Honduras, a pattern that is reflected throughout Latin America.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/|title=The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|language=en|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181209/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/|url-status= | Inequality also exists between rural and urban areas as it relates to the distribution of resources.<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeWalt |first1=Billie R |last2=Stonich |first2=Susan C. |last3=Hamilton |first3=Sarah L. |chapter=Honduras: Population, Inequality, and Resource Destruction |title=Population and Land Use in Developing Countries |date=1993 |location=Washington D.C. |publisher=National Academies Press |url=https://www.nap.edu/read/2211/chapter/9 |access-date=14 July 2021 |pages=106–123 |doi=10.17226/2211 |isbn=978-0-309-04838-5 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714185836/https://www.nap.edu/read/2211/chapter/9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Poverty is concentrated in southern, eastern, and western regions where rural and indigenous peoples live. North and central Honduras are home to the country's industries and infrastructure, resulting in low levels of poverty.<ref name=":2" /> Poverty is concentrated in rural Honduras, a pattern that is reflected throughout Latin America.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/|title=The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|language=en|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181209/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The effects of poverty on rural communities are vast. Poor communities typically live in adobe homes, lack material resources, have limited access to medical resources, and live off of basics such as rice, maize and beans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.proyectomirador.org/poverty-and-crime/one-poorest-most-vulnerable-countries-world|title=One of the poorest, most vulnerable countries in the world – Proyecto Mirador|website=www.proyectomirador.org|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012203140/https://www.proyectomirador.org/poverty-and-crime/one-poorest-most-vulnerable-countries-world|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
The lower class predominantly consists of rural subsistence farmers and landless peasants.<ref name=":3">Merrill, Tim. ed. ''Honduras: A Country Study''. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1995. | The lower class predominantly consists of rural subsistence farmers and landless peasants.<ref name=":3">Merrill, Tim. ed. ''Honduras: A Country Study''. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1995. | ||
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* [[Port of Salalah]] in [[Oman]]; | * [[Port of Salalah]] in [[Oman]]; | ||
* [[Port of Singapore]]; | * [[Port of Singapore]]; | ||
* Gamman Terminal at [[Port of Busan|Port Busan]], Korea. | * Gamman Terminal at [[Port of Busan|Port Busan]], South Korea. | ||
Containers in these ports have been scanned since 2007 for radiation and other risk factors before they are allowed to depart for the United States.<ref> | Containers in these ports have been scanned since 2007 for radiation and other risk factors before they are allowed to depart for the United States.<ref> | ||
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===Energy=== | ===Energy=== | ||
{{Further|Electricity sector in Honduras}} | {{Further|Electricity sector in Honduras}} | ||
[[File:Honduras electricity generation by source.png|thumb|Electricity generation in Honduras in terawatt-hours]] | |||
About half of the electricity sector in Honduras is privately owned. The remaining [[electricity generation|generation]] capacity is run by [[ENEE]] (''Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica''). | About half of the electricity sector in Honduras is privately owned. The remaining [[electricity generation|generation]] capacity is run by [[ENEE]] (''Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica''). | ||
Key challenges in the sector are: | Key challenges in the sector are: | ||
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[[File:Carretera37.jpg|thumb|A highway in Honduras]] | [[File:Carretera37.jpg|thumb|A highway in Honduras]] | ||
Infrastructure for [[transportation in Honduras]] consists of: {{convert|699|km|abbr=off}} [[Rail transport in Honduras|of railways]]; {{convert|13,603|km|abbr=off}} of roadways;<ref name=cia/> six ports;<ref>{{cite web|title=WPS – Index of ports in Honduras|url=http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/index/HND.php|access-date=15 October 2020|website=World Port Source|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704140203/http://worldportsource.com/ports/index/HND.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and 112 airports altogether (12 Paved, 100 unpaved).<ref name=cia/> The Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing (SOPRTRAVI in Spanish acronym) is responsible for transport sector policy. | Infrastructure for [[transportation in Honduras]] consists of: {{convert|699|km|abbr=off}} [[Rail transport in Honduras|of railways]]; {{convert|13,603|km|abbr=off}} of roadways;<ref name=cia/> six ports;<ref>{{cite web|title=WPS – Index of ports in Honduras|url=http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/index/HND.php|access-date=15 October 2020|website=World Port Source|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704140203/http://worldportsource.com/ports/index/HND.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and 112 airports altogether (12 Paved, 100 unpaved).<ref name=cia/> The Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing (SOPRTRAVI in Spanish acronym) is responsible for transport sector policy. | ||
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==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
=== Largest cities === | |||
{{Further|List of cities in Honduras}} | |||
{{Largest cities | |||
| country = Honduras | |||
| stat_ref = According to the 2013 Census<ref>{{cite web |url=http://citypopulation.de/en/honduras/cities/ |title=Honduras: Departments |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509214756/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/honduras/cities/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| list_by_pop = | |||
| div_name = Department | |||
| div_link = | |||
|city_1 = Tegucigalpa | |||
|div_1 = Francisco Morazán Department{{!}}Francisco Morazán | |||
|pop_1 = 996,658 | |||
|city_2 = San Pedro Sula | |||
|div_2 = Cortés Department{{!}}Cortés | |||
|pop_2 = 598,519 | |||
|city_3 = La Ceiba | |||
|div_3 = Atlántida (department){{!}}Atlántida | |||
|pop_3 = 176,212 | |||
|city_4 = Choloma | |||
|div_4 = Cortés Department{{!}}Cortés | |||
|pop_4 = 163,818 | |||
|city_5 = El Progreso | |||
|div_5 = Yoro Department{{!}}Yoro | |||
|pop_5 = 114,934 | |||
|city_6 = Comayagua | |||
|div_6 = Comayagua Department{{!}}Comayagua | |||
|pop_6 = 92,883 | |||
|city_7 = Choluteca, Choluteca{{!}}Choluteca | |||
|div_7 = Choluteca (department){{!}}Choluteca | |||
|pop_7 = 86,179 | |||
|city_8 = Danlí | |||
|div_8 = El Paraíso Department{{!}}El Paraíso | |||
|pop_8 = 64,976 | |||
|city_9 = La Lima | |||
|div_9 = Cortés Department{{!}}Cortés | |||
|pop_9 = 62,903 | |||
|city_10 = Villanueva, Cortés{{!}}Villanueva | |||
|div_10 = Cortés Department{{!}}Cortés | |||
|pop_10 = 62,711 | |||
}} | |||
===Race and ethnicity=== | ===Race and ethnicity=== | ||
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|value1 = 82.93 | |value1 = 82.93 | ||
|color1 = #CBA481 | |color1 = #CBA481 | ||
|label2 = [[White | |label2 = [[White Latin Americans|Whites]] | ||
|value2 = 7.87 | |value2 = 7.87 | ||
|color2 = #FBC5A7 | |color2 = #FBC5A7 | ||
|label3 = [[Indigenous peoples of Honduras|Indigenous]] | |label3 = [[Indigenous peoples of Honduras|Indigenous]] | ||
|value3 = 7.25 | |value3 = 7.25 | ||
|color3 = # | |color3 = #BE7343 | ||
|label4 = [[Black Hondurans|Blacks]] | |label4 = [[Black Hondurans|Blacks]] | ||
|value4 = 1.39 | |value4 = 1.39 | ||
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===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
{{ | {{See also|Gender inequality in Honduras}} | ||
The male to female ratio of the Honduran population is 1.01. This ratio stands at 1.05 at birth, 1.04 from 15 to 24 years old, 1.02 from 25 to 54 years old, .88 from 55 to 64 years old, and .77 for those 65 years or older.<ref name="cia.gov"/> | The male to female ratio of the Honduran population is 1.01. This ratio stands at 1.05 at birth, 1.04 from 15 to 24 years old, 1.02 from 25 to 54 years old, .88 from 55 to 64 years old, and .77 for those 65 years or older.<ref name="cia.gov"/> | ||
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The [[Lenca language|Lenca]] isolate lost all its fluent native speakers in the 20th century but is currently undergoing revival efforts among the members of the ethnic population of about 100,000. The largest immigrant languages are Arabic (42,000), Armenian (1,300), Turkish (900), Yue Chinese (1,000).<ref name=Ethnologue/> | The [[Lenca language|Lenca]] isolate lost all its fluent native speakers in the 20th century but is currently undergoing revival efforts among the members of the ethnic population of about 100,000. The largest immigrant languages are Arabic (42,000), Armenian (1,300), Turkish (900), Yue Chinese (1,000).<ref name=Ethnologue/> | ||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
{{Main|Religion in Honduras}} | {{Main|Religion in Honduras}} | ||
{{Pie chart | {{Pie chart | ||
| thumb = right | | thumb = right | ||
| caption = Religions in Honduras:<ref name="CIA Factbook">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/ | | caption = Religions in Honduras:<ref name="CIA Factbook">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/#people-and-society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251219052314/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/#people-and-society|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2025|title= Central America and Caribbean :: Honduras |date=2025-12-17|publisher= CIA The World Factbook|access-date= 2025-12-27}}</ref> | ||
| label1 = [[ | | label1 = [[Protestantism]] | ||
| value1 = | | value1 = 55 | ||
| color1 = BurlyWood | | color1 = BurlyWood | ||
| label2 = [[ | | label2 = [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] | ||
| value2 = | | value2 = 34 | ||
}} | }} | ||
Historically, Honduras had been predominantly [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]. The International Religious Freedom Report, 2008, noted that a CID Gallup poll reported that 51.4% of the population identified themselves as Catholic, 36.2% as [[evangelical]] [[Protestant]], 1.3% claiming to be from other religions, including [[Muslims]], [[Buddhists]], [[Jews]], [[Rastafari]]ans, etc. and 11.1% do not belong to any religion or unresponsive. 8% reported as being either atheistic or agnostic. Previous customary Catholic church tallies of membership, where priests (in more than 185 parishes) filled out a pastoral account of their parishes each year, estimated 81% Catholic.<ref>{{cite book|title=Annuario Pontificio|year=2009|isbn=978-88209-81914|publisher=[[Cardinal Secretary of State]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Catholic Almanac|first1=Matthew E.|last1=Bunson|first2=D.|last2=Min|location=Huntington, Ind.|publisher=Sunday Visitor Publishing|year= 2015|isbn=978-1612789446|pages=312–13}}</ref> | |||
The CIA Factbook lists Honduras as | Protestant Christianity is now the largest religion in Honduras. The [[CIA Factbook]] lists Honduras as 55% Protestant and 34% Catholic.<ref name="cia" /> | ||
Commenting on statistical variations everywhere, John Green of Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life notes that: "It isn't that ... numbers are more right than [someone else's] numbers ... but how one conceptualizes the group."<ref name="Dart">{{cite journal|first=John|last=Dart|title=How many in mainline Categories vary in surveys|journal=[[The Christian Century]]|date=16 June 2009|url=http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2009-06/how-many-mainline-categories-vary-surveys|page=13|url-access=subscription|volume=126|issue=12|access-date=9 February 2016|archive-date=18 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618191533/http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2009-06/how-many-mainline-categories-vary-surveys|url-status=live}}</ref> Often people attend one church without giving up their "home" church. Many who attend evangelical megachurches in the US, for example, attend more than one church.<ref>Associated Press, 13 June 2009, reported in several papers</ref> This shifting and fluidity is common in Brazil where two-fifths of those who were raised evangelical are no longer evangelical and Catholics seem to shift in and out of various churches, often while still remaining Catholic.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Maria Celi|last1=Scalon|first2=Andrew|last2=Greeley|url=http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=3115|title=Catholics and Protestants in Brazil|journal=[[America (Jesuit magazine)|America]]|date=18 August 2003|page=14|volume=189|issue=4|access-date=17 September 2013|archive-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305172613/http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=3115|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
=== | Most pollsters suggest an annual poll taken over a number of years would provide the best method of knowing religious demographics and variations in any single country. Still, in Honduras are thriving [[Anglican]], [[Presbyterian]], [[Methodist]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]], [[Lutheran]], [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] ([[Mormonism|Mormon]]) and [[Pentecostal]] churches. There are Protestant seminaries. The Catholic Church maintains a presence through a number of schools, hospitals, and pastoral institutions (including its own medical school) that it operates. Its [[archbishop]], Cardinal [[Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga|Óscar Andrés Rodriguez Maradiaga]], is also very popular with the government, other churches, and in his own church. Practitioners of the [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], Jewish, Islamic, [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]], [[Rastafari]] and indigenous denominations and religions exist.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108530.htm |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2008: Honduras |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=19 September 2008 |access-date=9 February 2016 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415233917/http://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108530.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
===Education=== | ===Education=== | ||
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About 83.6% of the population are [[Literacy|literate]] and the net primary enrollment rate was 94% in 2004.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org">{{cite web|url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_HND.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429031746/http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_HND.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 April 2009 |title=Human Development Report 2009 – Honduras |publisher=Hdrstats.undp.org |access-date=27 June 2010 }}</ref> In 2014, the primary school ''completion'' rate was 90.7%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS?locations=HN |title=Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) |website=data.worldbank.org |access-date=16 January 2017 |archive-date=18 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118033018/http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS?locations=HN |url-status=live }}</ref> Honduras has bilingual (Spanish and English) and even trilingual (Spanish with English, Arabic, or German) [[List of schools in Honduras|schools]] and [[List of universities in Honduras|numerous universities]].<ref name="La Prensa">{{cite web |url=http://www.laprensa.hn/economia/560990-97/hondurenos-biling%C3%BCes-tendran-mas-ventajas |title=Hondureños bilingües tendrán más ventajas |language=es |work=[[La Prensa (Honduras)|LaPrensa]] |date=14 October 2009 |access-date=9 February 2016 |trans-title=Bilingual Hondurans have more advantages |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415120941/https://www.laprensa.hn/economia/560990-97/hondurenos-biling%C3%BCes-tendran-mas-ventajas |url-status=live }}</ref> | About 83.6% of the population are [[Literacy|literate]] and the net primary enrollment rate was 94% in 2004.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org">{{cite web|url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_HND.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429031746/http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_HND.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 April 2009 |title=Human Development Report 2009 – Honduras |publisher=Hdrstats.undp.org |access-date=27 June 2010 }}</ref> In 2014, the primary school ''completion'' rate was 90.7%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS?locations=HN |title=Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) |website=data.worldbank.org |access-date=16 January 2017 |archive-date=18 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118033018/http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS?locations=HN |url-status=live }}</ref> Honduras has bilingual (Spanish and English) and even trilingual (Spanish with English, Arabic, or German) [[List of schools in Honduras|schools]] and [[List of universities in Honduras|numerous universities]].<ref name="La Prensa">{{cite web |url=http://www.laprensa.hn/economia/560990-97/hondurenos-biling%C3%BCes-tendran-mas-ventajas |title=Hondureños bilingües tendrán más ventajas |language=es |work=[[La Prensa (Honduras)|LaPrensa]] |date=14 October 2009 |access-date=9 February 2016 |trans-title=Bilingual Hondurans have more advantages |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415120941/https://www.laprensa.hn/economia/560990-97/hondurenos-biling%C3%BCes-tendran-mas-ventajas |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
The higher education is governed by the [[National Autonomous University of Honduras]] which has centers in the most important cities of Honduras. Hondura was ranked | The higher education is governed by the [[National Autonomous University of Honduras]] which has centers in the most important cities of Honduras. Hondura was ranked 119th in the [[Global Innovation Index]] in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GII Innovation Ecosystems & Data Explorer 2025 |url=https://www.wipo.int/gii-ranking/en/honduras |access-date=2025-10-16 |website=WIPO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dutta |first1=Soumitra |url=https://www.wipo.int/web-publications/global-innovation-index-2025/en/index.html |title=Global Innovation Index 2025: Innovation at a Crossroads |last2=Lanvin |first2=Bruno |publisher=[[World Intellectual Property Organization]] |year=2025 |isbn=978-92-805-3797-0 |page=19 |language=en |doi=10.34667/tind.58864 |access-date=2025-10-17}}</ref> | ||
===Health=== | |||
{{main|Health in Honduras}} | |||
=== Crime === | === Crime === | ||
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==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
{{Main|Culture of Honduras}} | {{Main|Culture of Honduras}} | ||
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===National symbols=== | |||
[[File:Ara macao - two at Lowry Park Zoo.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|The national bird, ''[[Ara macao]]'']] | |||
The [[flag of Honduras]] is composed of three equal horizontal stripes. The blue upper and lower stripes represent the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The central stripe is white. It contains five blue stars representing the five states of the [[Federal Republic of Central America|Central American Union]]. The middle star represents Honduras, located in the center of the Central American Union. | |||
The coat of arms was established in 1945. It is an equilateral triangle, at the base is a volcano between three castles, over which is a rainbow and the sun shining. The triangle is placed on an area that symbolizes being bathed by both seas. Around all of this an oval containing in golden lettering: "Republic of Honduras, Free, Sovereign and Independent". | |||
The "[[National Anthem of Honduras]]" is a result of a contest carried out in 1914 during the presidency of [[Manuel Bonilla]]. In the end, it was the poet [[Augusto Coello]] that ended up writing the anthem, with German-born Honduran composer [[Carlos Hartling]] writing the music. The anthem was officially adopted on 15 November 1915, during the presidency of {{Interlanguage link|Alberto de Jesús Membreño|es|3=Alberto Membreño}}. | |||
The national flower is the famous orchid, ''[[Rhyncholaelia]] digbyana'' (formerly known as ''Brassavola digbyana''), which replaced the rose in 1969. The change of the national flower was carried out during the administration of general [[Oswaldo López Arellano]], thinking that ''Brassavola digbyana'' "is an indigenous plant of Honduras; having this flower exceptional characteristics of beauty, vigor and distinction", as the decree dictates it. | |||
The national tree of Honduras was declared in 1928 to be simply "the Pine that appears symbolically in our [[Coat of Arms]]" (''el Pino que figura simbólicamente en nuestro Escudo''),<ref>Acuerdo No. 429, 14 de mayo de 1928.</ref> even though [[pine]]s comprise a [[genus]] and not a [[species]], and even though legally there's no specification as for what kind of pine should appear in the coat of arms ''either''. Because of its commonality in the country, the ''[[Pinus oocarpa]]'' species has become since then the species most strongly associated as the national tree, but legally it is not so. Another species associated as the national tree is the ''[[Pinus caribaea]]''. | |||
The national mammal is the [[white-tailed deer]] (''Odocoileus virginianus''), which was adopted as a measure to avoid excessive depredation.{{clarify|date=July 2016}} It is one of two species of deer that live in Honduras. | |||
The national bird of Honduras is the [[scarlet macaw]] (''Ara macao''). This bird was much valued by the pre-Columbian civilizations of Honduras. | |||
===Celebrations=== | |||
{{Further|Public holidays in Honduras}} | |||
[[File:Saw dust carpet Comayagua Honduras (1).jpg|thumb|[[Sawdust carpet]]s of [[Comayagua]] during [[Easter]] celebrations]] | |||
Some of Honduras's national holidays include Honduras Independence Day on 15 September and Children's Day or Día del Niño, which is celebrated in homes, schools and churches on 10 September; on this day, children receive presents and have parties similar to Christmas or birthday celebrations. Some neighborhoods have piñatas on the street. Other holidays are Easter, [[Maundy Thursday]], [[Good Friday]], Day of the Soldier (3 October to celebrate the birth of [[Francisco Morazán]]), Christmas, El Dia de [[Lempira (Lenca ruler)|Lempira]] on 20 July,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marrder.com/htw/jun99/cultural.htm |title=Honduras This Week Online June 1999 |publisher=Marrder.com |date=9 December 1991 |access-date=27 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117130102/http://www.marrder.com/htw/jun99/cultural.htm |archive-date=17 January 2011}}</ref> and New Year's Eve. | |||
Honduran Independence Day festivities start early in the morning with marching bands. Each band wears different colors and features cheerleaders. Fiesta Catracha takes place this same day: typical Honduran foods such as [[bean]]s, [[tamale]]s, baleadas, [[cassava]] with [[chicharrón]], and [[tortilla]]s are offered. | |||
On Christmas Eve people reunite with their families and close friends to have dinner, then give out presents at midnight. In some cities fireworks are seen and heard at midnight. On New Year's Eve there is food and "cohetes", fireworks and festivities. Birthdays are also great events, and include piñatas filled with candies and surprises for the children. | |||
[[La Ceiba Carnival]] is celebrated in [[La Ceiba]], a city located in the north coast, in the second half of May to celebrate the day of the city's patron saint [[Isidore the Laborer|Saint Isidore]]. People from all over the world come for one week of festivities. Every night there is a little carnaval (carnavalito) in a neighborhood. On Saturday there is a big parade with floats and displays with people from many countries. This celebration is also accompanied by the Milk Fair, where many Hondurans come to show off their farm products and animals. | |||
===Art=== | ===Art=== | ||
{{ | {{Main|Art of Honduras}} | ||
[[File:CatedraldeComayagua.jpg|thumb|The Cathedral of [[Comayagua]]]] | [[File:CatedraldeComayagua.jpg|thumb|The Cathedral of [[Comayagua]]]] | ||
The most renowned Honduran painter is [[José Antonio Velásquez]]. Other important painters include Carlos Garay, and Roque Zelaya. Some of Honduras's most notable writers are [[Lucila Gamero de Medina]], [[Froylán Turcios]], [[Ramón Amaya Amador]] and [[Juan Pablo Suazo Euceda]], Marco Antonio Rosa,<ref> | The most renowned Honduran painter is [[José Antonio Velásquez]]. Other important painters include Carlos Garay, and Roque Zelaya. Some of Honduras's most notable writers are [[Lucila Gamero de Medina]], [[Froylán Turcios]], [[Ramón Amaya Amador]] and [[Juan Pablo Suazo Euceda]], Marco Antonio Rosa,<ref> | ||
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The José Francisco Saybe theater in [[San Pedro Sula]] is home to the Círculo Teatral Sampedrano (Theatrical Circle of San Pedro Sula) | The José Francisco Saybe theater in [[San Pedro Sula]] is home to the Círculo Teatral Sampedrano (Theatrical Circle of San Pedro Sula) | ||
Honduras has experienced a boom from its film industry for the past two decades. Since the premiere of the movie "Anita la cazadora de insectos" in 2001, the level of Honduran productions has increased, many collaborating with countries such as Mexico, Colombia, and the | Honduras has experienced a boom from its film industry for the past two decades. Since the premiere of the movie "Anita la cazadora de insectos" in 2001, the level of Honduran productions has increased, many collaborating with countries such as Mexico, Colombia, and the United States. The most well known Honduran films are ''El Xendra'', ''Amor y Frijoles'', and ''Cafe con aroma a mi tierra''. | ||
=== | ===Folklore=== | ||
{{ | {{Main|Honduran folklore}} | ||
Legends and fairy tales are paramount in Honduran culture. [[Lluvia de Peces]] (Rain of Fish) is an example of this. The legends of El [[Cadejo]] and [[La Llorona]] are also popular. | |||
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=== Music === | === Music === | ||
{{ | {{Main|Music of Honduras}} | ||
[[Punta]] is the main music of Honduras, with other sounds such as Caribbean salsa, [[merengue music|merengue]], reggae, and [[reggaeton]] all widely heard, especially in the north, and Mexican [[ranchera]]s heard in the rural interior of the country. The most well known musicians are [[Guillermo Anderson]] and [[Polache]]. [[Banda Blanca]] is a widely known music group in both Honduras and internationally. | [[Punta]] is the main music of Honduras, with other sounds such as Caribbean salsa, [[merengue music|merengue]], reggae, and [[reggaeton]] all widely heard, especially in the north, and Mexican [[ranchera]]s heard in the rural interior of the country. The most well known musicians are [[Guillermo Anderson]] and [[Polache]]. [[Banda Blanca]] is a widely known music group in both Honduras and internationally. | ||
=== | === Media === | ||
{{ | {{Main|Media of Honduras}} | ||
At least half of Honduran households have at least one television. Public television has a far smaller role than in most other countries. Honduras's main newspapers are [[La Prensa (Honduras)|La Prensa]], [[El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa)|El Heraldo]], [[La Tribuna (Honduras)|La Tribuna]] and Diario Tiempo. The official newspaper is ''[[La Gaceta (Honduras)|La Gaceta]]''. | |||
=== Cuisine === | |||
{{Main|Honduran cuisine}} | |||
Honduran cuisine is a fusion of indigenous [[Lenca]] cuisine, [[Cuisine of Spain|Spanish cuisine]], [[Caribbean cuisine]] and [[African cuisine]]. There are also dishes from the [[Garifuna people]]. [[Coconut]] and coconut milk are featured in both sweet and savory dishes. Regional specialties include fried [[Fish (food)|fish]], [[tamale]]s, [[carne asada]] and [[baleada]]s. | |||
[[ | Other popular dishes include: meat roasted with [[chismol]] and [[carne asada]], chicken with rice and corn, and fried fish with pickled onions and jalapeños. Some of the ways seafood and some meats are prepared in coastal areas and in the [[Bay Islands Department|Bay Islands]] involve [[coconut]] milk. | ||
The soups Hondurans enjoy include [[bean]] soup, mondongo soup ([[tripe]] soup), [[seafood]] soups and [[beef]] soups. Generally these soups are served mixed with [[plantain (cooking)|plantains]], [[cassava|yuca]], and cabbage, and served with [[Maize|corn]] [[tortilla]]s. | |||
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Other typical dishes are the montucas or corn [[tamale]]s, stuffed tortillas, and tamales wrapped in [[Plantain (cooking)|plantain]] leaves. Honduran typical dishes also include an abundant selection of tropical fruits such as [[papaya]], [[pineapple]], [[plum]], [[sapote]], [[passion fruit]] and bananas which are prepared in many ways while they are still green. | |||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
{{Main|Sport in Honduras}} | {{Main|Sport in Honduras}} | ||
[[File:Estadio_Olimpico_Metropolitano_de_San_Pedro_Sula_2017_04.jpg|thumb|[[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]] in [[San Pedro Sula]] is the official ground of [[Association football|football]] in the [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round|FIFA World Cup Qualifiers]].]] | [[File:Estadio_Olimpico_Metropolitano_de_San_Pedro_Sula_2017_04.jpg|thumb|[[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]] in [[San Pedro Sula]] is the official ground of [[Association football|football]] in the [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round|FIFA World Cup Qualifiers]].]] | ||
[[File:Mauricio_Dubón_(49593519963)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Mauricio Dubón]]–the first born and raised Honduran in the [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]–preparing his [[shortstop]] play|100px]] | [[File:Mauricio_Dubón_(49593519963)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Mauricio Dubón]]–the first born and raised Honduran in the [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]–preparing his [[shortstop]] play|100px]] | ||
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All other sports tend to be minor at best, as Honduras has not won a medal in the [[Honduras at the Olympics|Olympics]] and has not made notable results in other [[world championship]]s yet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honduras – IOC Profile |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/honduras |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202307/https://olympics.com/ioc/honduras |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Hondurans have consistently entered [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|track & field]] and [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|swimming]] games at the [[Summer Olympics]] since [[Honduras at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[Honduras at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Honduras |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202253/http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON |url-status=live }}</ref> Occasionally, Honduras has competed in [[combat sport]]s ranging from [[judo]] to [[boxing]] at the Summer Olympics as well.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honduras in Judo at the Olympics |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON/sports/JUD.1 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202307/http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON/sports/JUD.1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Honduras in Boxing at the Olympics |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON/sports/BOX.1 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202253/http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON/sports/BOX.1 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gender inequality in Honduras]] is present in the sports industry, as teams like the [[Honduras women's national football team]] ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Selección de fútbol de Honduras Femenina'') has yet to qualify in global and continental tournaments and [[softball]] being nearly nonexistent in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=WBSC Rankings – Americas |url=https://rankings.wbsc.org/list/softball/women/americas |publisher=[[World Baseball Softball Confederation]] |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202308/https://rankings.wbsc.org/list/softball/women/americas |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Honduras FIFA Profile |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/HON |publisher=[[FIFA]] |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202254/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/HON |url-status=live }}</ref> | All other sports tend to be minor at best, as Honduras has not won a medal in the [[Honduras at the Olympics|Olympics]] and has not made notable results in other [[world championship]]s yet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honduras – IOC Profile |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/honduras |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202307/https://olympics.com/ioc/honduras |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Hondurans have consistently entered [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|track & field]] and [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|swimming]] games at the [[Summer Olympics]] since [[Honduras at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[Honduras at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Honduras |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202253/http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON |url-status=live }}</ref> Occasionally, Honduras has competed in [[combat sport]]s ranging from [[judo]] to [[boxing]] at the Summer Olympics as well.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honduras in Judo at the Olympics |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON/sports/JUD.1 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202307/http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON/sports/JUD.1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Honduras in Boxing at the Olympics |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON/sports/BOX.1 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202253/http://www.olympedia.org/countries/HON/sports/BOX.1 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gender inequality in Honduras]] is present in the sports industry, as teams like the [[Honduras women's national football team]] ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Selección de fútbol de Honduras Femenina'') has yet to qualify in global and continental tournaments and [[softball]] being nearly nonexistent in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=WBSC Rankings – Americas |url=https://rankings.wbsc.org/list/softball/women/americas |publisher=[[World Baseball Softball Confederation]] |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202308/https://rankings.wbsc.org/list/softball/women/americas |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Honduras FIFA Profile |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/HON |publisher=[[FIFA]] |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215202254/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/HON |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
{{Portal|Honduras|Countries|Caribbean|Central America|Latin America|North America | |||
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* [[Outline of Honduras]] | * [[Outline of Honduras]] | ||
* [[Water crisis in Honduras]] | * [[Water crisis in Honduras]] | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==External links== | == External links == | ||
{{Sister project links|voy=Honduras}} | {{Sister project links|voy=Honduras}} | ||
* | * {{Official website|http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/}} President of the Government of Honduras {{in lang|es}} | ||
* | ** [https://presidencia.gob.hn/index.php#gabinete Cabinet of Honduras] {{in lang|es}} | ||
* [https:// | * [https://www.congresonacional.hn/ National Congress of Honduras] {{in lang|es}} | ||
* [https://www.sreci.gob.hn/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation] {{in lang|es}} | |||
* [https://www.iht.hn/ The Honduran Institute of Tourism (IHT)], Official tourism site | |||
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