Portal:Honduras

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

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Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa.

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

The nation's economy is primarily agricultural, making it especially vulnerable to natural disasters such as Hurricane Mitch in 1998. The lower class is primarily agriculturally based while wealth is concentrated in the country's urban centers. Honduras has a Human Development Index of 0.625, classifying it as a nation with medium development. When adjusted for income inequality, its Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index is 0.443. (Full article...)

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La Ciudad Blanca (pronounced [la sjuˈðað ˈblaŋka], Spanish for "The White City") is a legendary settlement said to be located in the Mosquitia region of the Gracias a Dios Department in eastern Honduras. It is also known by the Pech name Kahã Kamasa ("White Town"). This extensive area of rainforest, which includes the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, has long been the subject of multidisciplinary research. Archaeologists refer to it as being a part of the Isthmo-Colombian Area of the Americas, one in which the predominant indigenous languages have included those in the Chibchan and Misumalpan families. Due to the many variants of the story in the region, most professional archaeologists doubt that it refers to any one actual settlement, much less one representing a city of the Pre-Columbian era. They point out that there are multiple large archaeological sites in the region and that references to the legendary White City cannot be proven to refer to any single place.

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés reported hearing "trustworthy" information on a region with "towns and villages" of extreme wealth in Honduras, but never located them. In 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh reported seeing a "white city" while flying over eastern Honduras. The first known mention by an academic of the ruins under the name Ciudad Blanca (White City) was by Eduard Conzemius, an ethnographer from Luxembourg, in 1927. In his report on the Pech people of Honduras to the Society of Americanists, he said the ruins had been found about twenty-five years earlier by someone looking for rubber who got lost in the area between the Paulaya River and the Plátano River. He said it was called the White City because its buildings and a wall around it were white stone. (See Timeline below for a list of the many attempts to identify the White City.) (Full article...)

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... that the Peñol de Cerquín, a Lenca fortress in southern Honduras, successfully resisted the Spanish conquistadores for months?
... that samples of moon rock and lunar dust soil from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions, mounted on wooden plaque displays especially for Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Honduras, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Romania, Spain, and Sweden, plus the states of Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii (pictured), Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and West Virginia, were later reported missing by many of the recipients?
... that the present-day Honduran island of Roatán was the site of a battle in the American War of Independence on March 16, 1782?
... that Salomón Ibarra Mayorga, the lyricist of the Nicaraguan national anthem, was exiled to Honduras for his political activities but was reburied in Nicaragua after his death?

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

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

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

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

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

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