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