Honduras-Republic of Honduras-República de Honduras

Honduras, full name: Republic of Honduras, (Spanish: República de Honduras) is a country in Central America. Honduras borders Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. The country's name is derived from the Spanish word hondura, meaning depth. Honduras has a great natural wealth. This includes in particular the still almost untouched largest contiguous rainforest in Central America in the northeast of the country (Mosquitia) as well as the world's largest coral reef ecosystem after the Australian Barrier Reef around the Caribbean islands off the Honduran mainland (Islas de la Bahía).

Honduras is home to numerous animal species, including insects, crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, deer, monkeys (such as the white-shouldered capuchin, Honduras' smallest monkey) and coyotes. Furthermore, predatory cats such as jaguar, puma and ocelot live here, as well as various reptiles, birds and marine animals. The capital and largest city with 1.05 million inhabitants (as of 2017) is Tegucigalpa, located in the southern part of the country in the mountains, in the hinterland of the Pacific coast. The official language is Spanish, which is also spoken by the mestizos. Along with Haiti, Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Central America.

Although 61.9% of the population lives below the national poverty line, only 17.2% of the population lives below the international poverty line (US$1.90, 2011 PPP). Each year, many Hondurans emigrate abroad, primarily to the United States. Unemployment in Honduras is high, but due to the labor force structure, statistics are hardly reliable. The actual poverty of the rural population in particular cannot be ascertained through unemployment statistics.