Honduras 2006

Honduras 2006

In 2006, Honduras was a country with a population of approximately 7.4 million people and an area of about 112,000 square kilometers. Located in Central America, it was bordered by Guatemala to the west, El Salvador to the south and Nicaragua to the east. Politically, it was divided into 18 departments and 298 municipalities.

Honduras in 2006 had a GDP of approximately $17 billion USD and per capita GDP of just over $2,300 USD. The economy of Honduras was largely based on agriculture which accounted for 25% of GDP in 2006. The main crops grown were coffee, bananas and melons. Other important industries included textile manufacturing, mining and tourism.

According to constructmaterials, Honduras had made significant progress in terms of human development since the early 1990s when its Human Development Index (HDI) score improved from 0.488 in 1990 to 0.622 in 2006 – making it one of the fastest growing countries in Latin America and Caribbean region during that period. However, poverty remained an issue with 36% living below national poverty line in 2006 and access to basic services such as education, healthcare and clean water still lagging behind other countries in the region.

Yearbook 2006

Honduras. According to CountryAAH, major public holidays in Honduras include Independence Day (September 15) and New Year (January 1). The rise in violence in Honduras led President Manuel Zelaya to decide on the establishment of a special military unit specialized in the fight against organized crime. It will be based in H’s second and most important industrial city of San Pedro Sula but will be deployable anywhere in the country.

While a 26-year-old border dispute with El Salvador came to an end through a border agreement and an energy cooperation agreement between the two countries’ presidents on April 18, Honduras’s plans to build a new air base on the Mosquito Coast created a diplomatic dispute with neighboring Nicaragua. The project was prompted by the Honduras government declaring that the Palmerola airbase, which was built in the 1980s as part of US support for the Contras guerrillas in Nicaragua and where US troops still exist, is to be converted into a civilian airfield. The Nicaraguan government regarded the air base, which will be close to the border, as an offensive act. The reason was that Honduran military repeatedly violated Nicaragua’s territory on the Coco River, where both countries dispute maritime rights.

Country data

Area: 112,492 km2 (world ranking: 101)

Residents: 9,265,000

Population density: 82 per km2 (as of 2017, world ranking: 95)

Capital: Tegucigalpa

Official languages: Spanish

Gross domestic product: 23.0 billion US $; Real growth: 4.8%

Gross national product (GNP, per resident and year): 2250 US$

Currency: 1 Lempira (L) = 100 Centavos

Embassy

Cuxhavener Str. 14, 10555 Berlin
Telephone 030 3974971011,
Fax 030 39749712
www.embajadahonduras.de

Government
Head of State and Government: Juan Orlando Hernández AlvaradoRicardo Antonio Álvarez Arias, Appearance: María Dolores Agüero Lara

National holiday: 15.9.

Administrative structure
18 Departamentos

State and form of government
Constitution of 1982
Presidential Republic
Parliament: National Congress (Congreso Nacional) with 128 members, election every 4 years
Direct election of the head of state every 4 years
Mandatory voting from 18 years of age

Population of: Hondurans, last census 2013: 8,303,771 residents approx. 90% European-indigenous descent, 7% indigenous people (especially Maya), 2% African and African-indigenous descent (Garífuna)

Cities (with population): (As of 2013) Tegucigalpa 996,658 pop., San Pedro Sula 598,519, La Ceiba 176,212, Choloma 163,818, El Progreso 114,934, Comayagua 92,883, Choluteca 86,179, Danlí 64,976, La Lima 62,903

Religions: 44% Catholics, 42% Protestants (especially evangelicals); Minorities of Muslims and Jews (as of 2006)

Languages: Spanish; indigenous languages; English

Workers by economic sector: agriculture. 29%, industry 21%, business 50% (2017)

Unemployment (in% of all labor force): no information

Inflation rate (in%): 2017: 3.9%

Foreign trade: Import: 8.2 billion US $ (2017); Export: US $ 5.0 billion (2017)

Honduras Map with Surrounding Countries

Honduras Overview

Honduras is a republic of about 9 million residents in Central America, bordering Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. Honduras has a sea connection to both the Pacific and the Caribbean. Columbus arrived in the country in 1502 and named it after the deep coastal waters (esp. Hondura = depth). In 1525, the country was colonized by the Spaniards, and Honduras lived under Spanish rule for the next 300 years, until September 11, 1821, seceded from Spain and declared independence.

Area: 112 492 km2

Population: 9,235,340 (estimate 7/2020)

Capital: Tegucigalpa

Population: 90% mestizos

Language: Spanish, English spoken on the coast and in the Caribbean islands. Some Native American languages ​​as well as a mixture of African and Native American languages ​​are also spoken.

Main products: Banana, coffee and shrimp

Form of government: Republic