Honduras

Republic of Honduras República de Honduras
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Libre, Soberana e Independiente" (Spanish) "Free, Sovereign and Independent"
Anthem: "Himno Nacional de Honduras" "National Anthem of Honduras"
Capital and largest city	Tegucigalpa 14°6′N 87°13′W / 14.100°N 87.217°W / 14.100; -87.217
Official languages	Spanish
Ethnic groups ()	90% Mestizoa 7% Amerindian 2% Black 1% White
Demonym	Honduran Catracho
Government	Presidential republic
• President	Juan Orlando Hernández
• Vice President	Ricardo Álvarez Arias
• President of National Congress	Mauricio Oliva
Legislature	National Congress
Independence
• Declaredb from Spain	15 September 1821
• Declared from the First Mexican Empire	1 July 1823
• Declared, as Honduras, from the Federal Republic of Central America	5 November 1838
Area
• Total	112,492 km2 (43,433 sq mi) (102nd)
Population
• 2010 estimate	8,249,574 (94th)
• 2007 census	7,529,403
• Density	64/km2 (165.8/sq mi) (128th)
GDP (PPP)	2014 estimate
• Total	$40.983 billion
• Per capita	$4,959
GDP (nominal)	2014 estimate
• Total	$19.567 billion
• Per capita	$2,368
Gini (1992–2007)	55.3 high
HDI (2014)	0.606 medium · 131st
Currency	Lempira (HNL)
Time zone	CST (UTC−6)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+504
ISO 3166 code	HN
Internet TLD	.hn
Mixture of European and American Indian. As part of the Federal Republic of Central America.
Population estimates 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, as of July 2007.

Coordinates: 15°00′N 86°30′W / 15.000°N 86.500°W / 15.000; -86.500

Honduras (ⁱ/hɒnˈdʊərəs/; Spanish: [onˈduɾas]), officially the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: República de Honduras), is a republic in Central America. It has at times been referred to as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became modern-day Belize. Honduras 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.