Honduras

Republic Honduras - the state occupying northern part tsentralnoamerikanskogo of an isthmus. In the north and the northeast it is flowed about by Caribbean sea, and in the south gets out to Fonseca bay on Pacific ocean.

More 90 % of the population of Honduras (all - nearby 5,1  million persons) compound ladino - mongrels of indejsko-Spanish of a parentage. Capital of the country and its largest city - Tegucigalpa (598  thousand inhabitants). During an epoch of the Spanish gain in terrain of Honduras there lived American Indian nations lenka, miskito-matagalpa, etc. Independence of the country has been intoned in 1821.

About two thirds of terrain of Honduras occupy mounts overgrown with woods and elevations. A country climate tropical, passatnyj with sharp enough differences in a precipitation on windward (northern and east) and leeward slopes of mounts. Seasonal changes of temperature are insignificant. Prikaribsky coast and other regions to altitude 800  m belong to hot region (terra kalente). But the basic part of the country lays in is moderate-hot region (terra templada). Inland areas of the country and the south - less wet.

For Honduras predominance of rural population (more than 2/3) is characteristic. Many urban settlements actually differ from villages a little. Honduras - slaborazvitaja the agrarian country where more than halfs of gross domestic product are given by the agriculture based on plantatsionnom farming agriculture. At the heart of export effecting of bananas, coffee, tobacco lays.

The Most interesting tourist itinerary lies from the Caribbean shore (city of Puerto-Kortes), through capital, to Fonseca bay at coast of Pacific ocean.