Honduras

Republic of Honduras

Latin America

Geography

Area: 112,088 sq km

A mountainous land with rain forests and fertile coastal plains on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts.

Population: 7,615,584    Annual Growth: 2.01%

Capital: Tegucigalpa

Urbanites: 48.8%

HDI Rank: 112 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Official language: Spanish. Other language English on the northern coast    Languages: 13 All languages