| Geography | Honduras |
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Location:
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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:
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15 00 N, 86 30 W |
Map references:
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Central America and the Caribbean |
Area:
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total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km
water: 200 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly larger than Tennessee |
Land boundaries:
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total: 1,520 km
border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km |
Coastline:
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820 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 nm |
Climate:
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subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains |
Terrain:
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mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m |
Natural resources:
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timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower |
Land use:
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arable land: 9.53%
permanent crops: 3.21%
other: 87.26% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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800 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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95.9 cu km (2000) |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 0.86 cu km/yr (8%/12%/80%)
Per capita: 119 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast |
Environment - current issues:
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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 country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals |
Environment - international agreements:
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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:
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has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast |
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