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Honduras is one of the original 5 Central American Provinces (HONDURAS, Guatemala,
El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica) that chose, after their independence from
Spain in 1821, to remain individually independent Of the above five, Honduras is
the second largest country, with approximately 112,500 square kilometers of territory,
yet it has fewer inhabitants (Approximately seven million) than either Guatemala
and El Salvador. It has the most mountainous territory and is the only one of the
five that does not have active volcanoes within its territory. Honduras is made up
of mainly rural areas with several major cities in the different parts of the country.
Tegucigalpa is the biggest and is the capital city, currently with a population
that stands at about 1 ;500,000, San Pedro Sula in the North of the country has become
the industrial capital and has a population of approximately one million, which
when added to the populations of Choloma, Villanueva, La Lima and El Progreso,
all adjacent to San Pedro Sula and which form the metropolitan Sula Valley area,
creates the most populated and fastest growing area in Honduras, Other important
cities are La Ceiba, a port city on the Atlantic coast that has close to 150,000;
and Cholutecaon the southern part of the country (close to the Pacific Ocean) has
a population of about 80,000, Honduras, together with Costa Rica, are the only two
Central American countries that escaped civil strife during the decade of the eighties,
and although it has a history of military regimes, it now has had over.30 years
of uninterrupted civil government, which is elected democratically. The government
of Honduras has three branches for powers, the Executive, (the president), the legislative,
(A congress with 128 representatives) and the judicial Elections are held every four
years, The country is divided into 18 departments, including one that is formed
by the Bay Islands, The main language is Spanish, however in the bigger cities, and
at the islands, English is widely spoken. Honduras is located in the Central American
Isthmus, has a border to west with Guatemala, to the southwest with El Salvador and
to the east with Nicaragua. To its north lies the Caribbean Sea and to the south
the Pacific Ocean. With over 800 km of Caribbean coast, it is blessed with some
of the most pristine beaches left in the Caribbean. With four international airports
in operation throughout the country, (Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba and Roatan)
and service by TACA, American Airlines, Copa Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta
Airlines and Aero Mexico, it is easy to get to the specific part o(the country you
wish to visit Local :flights are offered by several different local airlines, mainly
Islena Regional (Owned and Operated by TACA), Atlantic Airlines, Sosa Airlines and
Central American Airlines, all servicing the mayor cities and tourist destinations
in Honduras. In addition, the paved highway system, although limited in the number
of ,existing roads, offers the best highways in the Central American region, Because
of this, it is quite easy to get around between the main cities of Honduras, There
is fairly good to excellent bus service between most of the cities, especially between
San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa but expanding rapidly into the rest of the country,
The local currency is the Lempira, named after a famous Indian chief that lost his
life while fighting off the invading Spaniards, The currency has been relatively
stable with the dollar for the last years, maintaining an exchange rate of approximately
19 Ips. to 1 USA dollar. The Lempira comes in 500,100,50,20,10,5,2 and 1 denominations,
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