Republic of Honduras

Capital: Tegucigalpa

Total Area: 43,278.19 sq mi,112,090.00 sq km,(slightly larger than Tennessee)

Population: 6,406,052 (July 2001 est.),note: estimates for this country 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

Estimated Population in 2050: 11,861,333

Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects

Literacy: 72.7% total, 72.6% male, 72.7% female (1995 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority

Life Expectancy: 67.51 male, 71.28 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: democratic constitutional republic

Currency: 1 lempira (L) = 100 centavos

GDP (per capita): $2,700 (2000 est.)

Industry: sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products

Agriculture: bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp

Arable Land: 15%

Natural Resources: timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower

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