Honduras flag information
Description flag of Honduras
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white and blue with five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band
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Official country name
Republic of Honduras
Local names
Republica de Honduras (long)
Honduras (short)
Nationality
Honduran(s) (noun) Honduras (adjective)
Languages spoken
Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Government type
democratic constitutional republic
Population
7,639,327 ranked 96, (data 2008)
Geography
has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast. The lowest point is Caribbean Sea 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 820 km.
Land borders
1,520km, Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km.
Administrative divisions
18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro
Independence
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
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