Honduras
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Introduction - Honduras: | Location - Honduras: | Location | Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua | | Geographic coordinates | 15 00 N, 86 30 W | | Map references | Central America and the Caribbean | | Area | total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km
water: 200 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly larger than Tennessee | | Land boundaries | total: 1,520 km
border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km | | Coastline | 820 km | | 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 | | Climate | subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains | | Terrain | mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m | | Natural resources | timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower | | Land use | arable land: 9.53%
permanent crops: 3.21%
other: 87.26% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 800 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast | | Environment current issues | urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the countrys largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |