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Honduras
Republic of Honduras
Honduras is a country in Central America. Its capital city is Tegucigalpa. About 9.6 million people live there, in an area of 112 492 square kilometres.
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Where is Honduras?
Honduras lies in Central America, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 670 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 832 km long.
It shares a border with 3 countries: Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
How big is Honduras?
Honduras covers 112 492 square kilometres.
That is about 2.7 times the size of Switzerland.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 101st largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 85.2 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Honduras?
About 9.6 million people live in Honduras.
That is the 93rd biggest population in the world.
People here speak Spanish.
They pay with the Honduran lempira (L).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 70 years.
The land of Honduras
The land in Honduras sits on average 684 metres above sea level.
Its coast runs for about 832 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 42 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Honduras different?
A dish the country is known for: Baleada, Carne asada and Sopa de Caracol (Conch Soup).
Websites from here often end in .hn.
Honduras and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 1 live in Honduras.
It takes up about 0.08 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Americas it is the 17th largest of 35 countries, and the 16th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Honduras and its neighbours
Nicaragua, its largest neighbour, is about 1.2 times bigger.
More people live in Honduras than in Nicaragua — 9.6 million against 6.5 million.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, 3 live wild in Honduras: Brown-throated sloth, Scarlet macaw and Red-eyed tree frog.
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Questions children ask
What is the capital of Honduras?
The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Honduras?
About 9.6 million people live in Honduras, which makes it the 93rd most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Honduras?
Honduras borders Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua — 3 neighbours in total.
How big is Honduras?
Honduras covers 112 492 square kilometres, making it the 101st largest country in the world. That is about 2.7 times the size of Switzerland.
Which continent is Honduras in?
Honduras is in Americas, in the part called Central America.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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