Honduras

Official Name:

Republic of Honduras (Honduras)

Area:

112.090 km ²

Population (2006):

7.483.763 inhabitants

Coastline:

820 km

Capital:

Tegucigalpa

Maritime Ports and terminals:

La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortés,San Lorenzo, Tela, Puerto Lempira

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 nm

Political divisions:

8 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

Language(s):

Spanish, Amerindian dialects

National holiday:

Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

Nationality:

Honduran(s)

Official time:

UTC-6. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - these dates become effective in 2007

Member of:

BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.hn

Economic Profile

Currency:

Lempira (HNL)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD3.100 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 8.478.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

6% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 13.6%
• Industry: 31%
• Services: 60,4%

Labor force:

2.589.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2003):

• Agriculture 34%
• Industry: 23%
• Services 43%

Unemployment rate:

27,9% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

5,7% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

23,7% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD2.002.000.000
• Expenditures: USD2.028.000.000

Public debt:

67,1% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -160.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 1.947.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber

Exports - Partners:

US 73,3%, Guatemala 2,9%, El Salvador 2,9% (2005)

Imports:

USD 4.860.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

US 52,6%, Guatemala 6,4%, El Salvador 4,1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 2.778.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 5.587.000.000 (2006 est.)