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| Government Type |
democratic constitutional republic |
| Legal System |
rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Currency |
lempira (HNL) |
| Economic Overview |
Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere with an extraordinarily unequal distribution of income, is banking on expanded trade privileges under the Enhanced Caribbean Basin Initiative and on debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. While the country has met most of its macroeconomic targets, it failed to meet the IMF's goals to liberalize its energy and telecommunications sectors. Growth remains dependent on the status of the US economy, its major trading partner, on commodity prices, particularly coffee, and on reduction of the high crime rate. |
| Natural Resources |
timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower |
| Primary Industries |
sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products |
| Agricultural Products |
bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp |
| Import Commodities |
machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs (2000) |
| Export Commodities |
coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber (2000) |
| Export Partners |
US 45.7%, El Salvador 10.2%, Guatemala 9.7%, Belgium 4.7%, Germany 4.3% (2001) |
| AIRPORTS of Honduras |
| La Ceiba - Golson International Airport |
International, Near La Ceiba, Position 15°44´32"N, 086°51´12"W, Elevation 15m (49ft) |
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| San Pedro Sula - La Mesa International Airport |
International, Near San Pedro Sula, Position 15°27´10"N, 087°55´25"W, Elevation 28m (91ft) |
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| Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport |
Tegucigalpa 6km (3miles), Position 14°03´41"N, 087°13´02"W, Elevation 1,005m (3,297ft) |
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