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Honduras

By: Lauren Richardson

Honduran Flag

The five stars on the honduran flag represent the five countries of central america ( El salvador, Costa rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala).

About Honduras

About Honduras

  • founded in 1578
  • became independent in 1821
  • one of the pooriest countries in the western hemisphere
  • in 1823 honduras joined the united province of central america
  • secdond largest country in central america

History

  • Christopher Columbus explored honduras in 1502
  • in 1838 the country left the fedration and became independent
  • the name was given in 1508 by Vicente Yanez Pinzon and Juan Diaz De Solis
  • El salvador invaded honduras after landowners deportedthousand of salvadorans in 1969

Geograghy

  • located in North Central part of central america
  • three fourths of the land is mountainous
  • lots of cays and islands in the sea
  • rivers are qaquan, coco patuca, sico, ulua

Climate & Weather

  • the climate is tropical
  • sun is very strong most days
  • north coast is extremly hot
  • weather in the mountains rang from 16 c to 20 c
  • some rain through the year

Culture

  • 85% mestizo , 8% caucasian , 6% amerindian , 1% black
  • biggest event in honduras is the annual carnival in La Ceiba

Culture

Honduras capital

  • Tegucigalpa is the capital
  • located on a hilly terrain

Honduras capital

Food

In honduras they eat ...

  • beans
  • corn tortillas
  • Fried plantains
  • white cheese
  • rice
  • fried meat
  • thickened semisweet cream called mantequilla

Food

A picture

Sports

In honduras they play...

  • soccer which is one of the main sports there
  • baseball
  • volleyball
  • basketball
  • first professional soccer clubs were made in the early 1990's
  • joined the summer olympic games in 1968

Citations

Citations

www.worldatlas.com

www.iexplore.com

www.icye.hn

www.worldtravelguide.com

weather-and-climate.com

http://en.wikipedia.org

www.ryralpovertyportal.org

www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Honduras.html

www.infoplease.com/country/honduras

www.britannica.com/place/Honduras

www.compassion.com/about/where/honduras

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