Honduras

Republic of Honduras
*República de Honduras* (Spanish)
Republic of Honduras República de Honduras (Spanish)
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: "Libre, Soberana e Independiente" (Spanish); "Free, Sovereign and Independent";
	Anthem: "Himno Nacional de Honduras"; "National Anthem of Honduras"
Capital and largest city	Tegucigalpa; 14°6′N 87°13′W
Official languages	Spanish
Ethnic groups (2016)	90% Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White); 7% Indigenous; 2% Black; 1% White;
Religion (2014)	87% Christianity; —46% Catholic; —41% Protestant; 10% Unaffiliated; 2% Other;
Demonym(s)	Honduran; Catracho(a);
Government	Unitary presidential republic
• President	Xiomara Castro
• 1st Vice President	Salvador Nasralla
• President of National Congress	Luis Redondo Guifarro
Legislature	National Congress
Independence
• Declaredb from Spain	15 September 1821
• Declared from the; First Mexican Empire	1 July 1823
• Declared, as Honduras, from the Federal Republic of Central America	5 November 1838
Area
• Total	112,492 km2 (43,433 sq mi) (101st)
Population
• 2021 estimate	10,278,345 (95th)
• 2013 census	8,303,771
• Density	85/km2 (220.1/sq mi) (128th)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$49.010 billion (104th)
• Per capita	$5,817 (133rd)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$23.835 billion (108th)
• Per capita	$2,829 (128th)
Gini (2018)	52.1; high
HDI (2019)	0.632; medium · 133rd
Currency	Lempira (HNL)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+504
ISO 3166 code	HN
Internet TLD	.hn
	Mixture of European and American Indian.; As part of the Federal Republic of Central America.;
	Population estimates 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, as of July 2007.

Honduras is a country in Central America. Its capital is Tegucigalpa. Most people of Honduras speak the Spanish language (while English has mostly widely spoken). 10,636,227 people live in Honduras and it is 112,492 square kilometres (43,433 sq mi) in size. It is next to El Salvador. To one side is the Caribbean Sea and to the other in the Pacific Ocean.