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Official Name of Honduras: Republic of Honduras
Government type in Honduras: Republic of Honduras
Capital of Honduras: Tegucigalpa
Primary Language in Honduras: Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Currency in Honduras: lempira

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. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused almost $1 billion in damage. Has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast.

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» Bayman Bay
» Choluteca
» Guanaja
» Isla de Utila
» La Ceiba
» Morazan
» Omoa
» Puerto Cortes
» Roatan City
» Roatan Island

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