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 Honduras (2001)Bouvet Island (2004)
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Administrative divisions 18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro -
Age structure 0-14 years:
42.22% (male 1,381,823; female 1,322,684)

15-64 years:
54.21% (male 1,719,593; female 1,753,003)

65 years and over:
3.57% (male 108,271; female 120,678) (2001 est.)		 -
Agriculture - products bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp -
Airports 119 (2000 est.) -
Airports - with paved runways total:
12

2,438 to 3,047 m:
3

1,524 to 2,437 m:
2

914 to 1,523 m:
4

under 914 m:
3 (2000 est.)		 -
Airports - with unpaved runways total:
107

1,524 to 2,437 m:
2

914 to 1,523 m:
21

under 914 m:
84 (2000 est.)		 -
Area total:
112,090 sq km

land:
111,890 sq km

water:
200 sq km		 total: 58.5 sq km


land: 58.5 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative slightly larger than Tennessee about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Background Part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and one-half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting against leftist guerrillas. This uninhabited volcanic island is almost entirely covered by glaciers and is difficult to approach. It was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named. No claim was made until 1825, when the British flag was raised. In 1928, the UK waived its claim in favor of Norway, which had occupied the island the previous year. In 1971, Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters were designated a nature reserve. Since 1977, Norway has run an automated meteorological station on the island.
Birth rate 31.94 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) -
Budget revenues:
$607 million

expenditures:
$411.9 million, including capital expenditures of $106 million (1999 est.)		 -
Capital Tegucigalpa -
Climate subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains antarctic
Coastline 820 km 29.6 km
Constitution 11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982; amended 1995 -
Country name conventional long form:
Republic of Honduras

conventional short form:
Honduras

local long form:
Republica de Honduras

local short form:
Honduras		 conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Bouvet Island
Currency lempira (HNL) -
Death rate 5.52 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) -
Debt - external $5.4 billion (2000) -
Dependency status - territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo
Diplomatic representation from the US chief of mission:
Ambassador Frank ALMAGUER

embassy:
Avenida La Paz, Apartado Postal No. 3453, Tegucigalpa

mailing address:
American Embassy, APO AA 34022, Tegucigalpa

telephone:
[504] 238-5114, 236-9320

FAX:
[504] 236-9037		 -
Diplomatic representation in the US chief of mission:
Ambassador Hugo NOE PINO

chancery:
Suite 4-M, 3007 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:
[1] (202) 966-7702

FAX:
[1] (202) 966-9751

consulate(s) general:
Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico)

honorary consulate(s):
Boston, Detroit, and Jacksonville		 -
Disputes - international with respect to the maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca, the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua likely would be required; the maritime boundary dispute with Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea is before the ICJ none
Economic aid - recipient $557.8 million (1999) -
Economy - overview Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, is banking on expanded trade privileges under the Enhanced Caribbean Basin Initiative and on debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. While reconstruction from 1998's Hurricane Mitch is at an advanced stage, and the country has met most of its macroeconomic targets, it failed to meet the IMF's goals to liberalize its energy and telecommunications sectors. Economic growth has rebounded nicely since the hurricane and should continue in 2001. no economic activity; declared a nature reserve
Electricity - consumption 3.232 billion kWh (1999) -
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - imports 145 million kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production 3.319 billion kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
44.71%

hydro:
55.29%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)		 -
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:
Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m		 lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m


highest point: Olav Peak 935 m
Environment - current issues urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water) as well as several rivers and streams with heavy metals; severe Hurricane Mitch damage NA
Environment - international agreements party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements		 -
Ethnic groups mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1% -
Exchange rates lempiras per US dollar - 15.1407 (December 2000), 15.1407 (2000), 14.5039 (1999), 13.8076 (1998), 13.0942 (1997), 12.8694 (1996) -
Executive branch chief of state:
President Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse (since 27 January 1998); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; First Vice President William HANDAL (since NA); Second Vice President Gladys CABALLERO de Arevalo (since NA); Third Vice President Hector Vidal CERRATO Hernandez (since NA)

head of government:
President Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse (since 27 January 1998); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; First Vice President William HANDAL (since NA); Second Vice President Gladys CABALLERO de Arevalo (since NA); Third Vice President Hector Vidal CERRATO Hernandez (since NA)

cabinet:
Cabinet appointed by president

elections:
president elected by popular vote for a four-year term; election last held 30 November 1997 (next to be held 25 November 2001)

election results:
Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse elected president; percent of vote - Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse (PL) 50%, Nora de MELGAR (PN) 40%, other 10%		 -
Exports $2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.) -
Exports - commodities coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber -
Exports - partners US 35.4%, Germany 7.5%, El Salvador 6.4%, Guatemala 5.8%, Nicaragua 4.8% (1999) -
Fiscal year calendar year -
Flag description three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band the flag of Norway is used
GDP purchasing power parity - $17 billion (2000 est.) -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
16.2%

industry:
31.9%

services:
51.9% (1999 est.)		 -
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2000 est.) -
GDP - real growth rate 5% (2000 est.) -
Geographic coordinates 15 00 N, 86 30 W 54 26 S, 3 24 E
Geography - note - covered by glacial ice; declared a nature reserve
Highways total:
15,400 km

paved:
3,126 km

unpaved:
12,274 km (1999 est.)		 -
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
1.2%

highest 10%:
42.1% (1996)		 -
Illicit drugs transshipment point for drugs and narcotics; illicit producer of cannabis, cultivated on small plots and used principally for local consumption; corruption is a major problem; vulnerable to money laundering -
Imports $2.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.) -
Imports - commodities machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs -
Imports - partners US 47.1%, Guatemala 7.4%, El Salvador 5.9%, Mexico 4.8%, Japan 4.7% (1999) -
Independence 15 September 1821 (from Spain) -
Industrial production growth rate 4% (1999 est.) -
Industries sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products -
Infant mortality rate 30.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) -
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 11% (2000 est.) -
International organization participation BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), MINURSO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO -
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 8 (2000) -
Irrigated land 740 sq km (1993 est.) 0 sq km (1998 est.)
Judicial branch Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are elected for four-year terms by the National Congress) -
Labor force 2.3 million (1997 est.) -
Labor force - by occupation agriculture 29%, industry 21%, services 50% (1998 est.) -
Land boundaries total:
1,520 km

border countries:
Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km		 0 km
Land use arable land:
15%

permanent crops:
3%

permanent pastures:
14%

forests and woodland:
54%

other:
14% (1993 est.)		 arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (93% ice) (2001)
Languages Spanish, Amerindian dialects -
Legal system rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations the laws of Norway, where applicable, apply
Legislative branch unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members are elected proportionally to the number of votes their party's presidential candidate receives to serve four-year terms)

elections:
last held on 30 November 1997 (next to be held 25 November 2001)

election results:
percent of vote by party - PL 46%, PN 38%, PINU-SD 4%, PDC 2%, PUD 2%; seats by party - PL 67, PN 55, PINU-SD 3, PDC 2, PUD 1		 -
Life expectancy at birth total population:
69.35 years

male:
67.51 years

female:
71.28 years (2001 est.)		 -
Literacy definition:
age 15 and over can read and write

total population:
72.7%

male:
72.6%

female:
72.7% (1995 est.)		 -
Location Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Nicaragua island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Map references Central America and the Caribbean Antarctic Region
Maritime claims contiguous zone:
24 NM

continental shelf:
natural extension of territory or to 200 NM

exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM		 territorial sea: 4 nm
Merchant marine total:
313 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 760,819 GRT/820,582 DWT

ships by type:
bulk 21, cargo 187, chemical tanker 7, container 4, livestock carrier 2, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 52, refrigerated cargo 17, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 2

note:
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Russia 4, Singapore 2, Vietnam 1 (2000 est.)		 -
Military - note - defense is the responsibility of Norway
Military branches Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force -
Military expenditures - dollar figure $35 million (FY99) -
Military expenditures - percent of GDP 0.6% (FY99) -
Military manpower - availability males age 15-49:
1,515,101 (2001 est.)		 -
Military manpower - fit for military service males age 15-49:
902,220 (2001 est.)		 -
Military manpower - military age 18 years of age -
Military manpower - reaching military age annually males:
72,335 (2001 est.)		 -
National holiday Independence Day, 15 September (1821) -
Nationality noun:
Honduran(s)

adjective:
Honduran		 -
Natural hazards frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; damaging hurricanes and floods along Caribbean coast NA
Natural resources timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower none
Net migration rate -2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) -
Political parties and leaders Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Efrain DIAZ Arrivillaga, president]; Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Marias FUNES Valladares, president]; Liberal Party or PL [Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse, president]; National Innovation and Unity Party-Social Democratic Party or PINU-SD [Olban VALLADARES, president]; National Party of Honduras or PN [Carlos URBIZO, president] -
Political pressure groups and leaders Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras or CODEH; Confederation of Honduran Workers or CTH; Coordinating Committee of Popular Organizations or CCOP; General Workers Confederation or CGT; Honduran Council of Private Enterprise or COHEP; National Association of Honduran Campesinos or ANACH; National Union of Campesinos or UNC; Popular Bloc or BP; United Federation of Honduran Workers or FUTH -
Population 6,406,052

note:
estimates for this country 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 (July 2001 est.)		 uninhabited (July 2004 est.)
Population below poverty line 53% (1993 est.) -
Population growth rate 2.43% (2001 est.) -
Ports and harbors La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela, Puerto Lempira none; offshore anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998) -
Radios 2.45 million (1997) -
Railways total:
595 km

narrow gauge:
349 km 1.067-m gauge; 246 km 0.914-m gauge (1999)		 -
Religions Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority -
Sex ratio at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over:
0.9 male(s)/female

total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)		 -
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal and compulsory -
Telephone system general assessment:
inadequate system

domestic:
NA

international:
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System		 -
Telephones - main lines in use 234,000 (1997) -
Telephones - mobile cellular 14,427 (1997) -
Television broadcast stations 11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997) -
Terrain mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains volcanic; coast is mostly inaccessible
Total fertility rate 4.15 children born/woman (2001 est.) -
Unemployment rate 28% (2000 est.) -
Waterways 465 km (navigable by small craft) -
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