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'''Honduras''' is a country in [[Central America]]. Its most recently elected leader was ousted in a coup. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/29/world/main5122602.shtml]
'''Honduras''' is a country in [[Central America]], and one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere [http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/9476.pdf]. Its most recently elected leader was ousted in a coup. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/29/world/main5122602.shtml]
==Geography==
Honduras is located roughly in the middle of [[Central America]], sharing borders with [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], and [[Nicaragua]]; its water boundaries are the [[Caribbean Sea]] and the Golfo de Fonseca, an arm of the [[Pacific Ocean]].
*Area: 112,090 sq. km. (43,278 sq. mi.); slightly larger than Virginia.
*Cities: Tegucigalpa (capitol; pop. 1,150,000); San Pedro Sula (800,000-900,000).
*Terrain: Mountainous.
*Climate: Tropical to subtropical, depending on elevation.
==People==
==People==
===Principal Government Officials===
===Principal Government Officials===
*President--Roberto Micheletti (interim president)
*President--Roberto Micheletti (interim president)
*Minister of Foreign Relations--Milton JIMENEZ Puerto
*Minister of Foreign Relations--Milton Jimenez Puerto
*President of Congress--Roberto MICHELETTI
*President of Congress--Roberto Micheletti
*Ambassador to the United States--Roberto FLORES Bermúdez
*Ambassador to the United States--Roberto Flores Bermúdez
*Ambassador to the United Nations--Ivan ROMERO Martinez
*Ambassador to the United Nations--Ivan Romero Martinez
*Ambassador to the OAS--Carlos SOSA Coello
*Ambassador to the OAS--Carlos Sosa Coello
===Foreign Relations===
===Foreign Relations===
*Agriculture (14.1% of GDP): Products--coffee, bananas, shrimp and lobster, sugar, fruits, basic grains, and livestock.
*Agriculture (14.1% of GDP): Products--coffee, bananas, shrimp and lobster, sugar, fruits, basic grains, and livestock.
*Manufacturing (18% of GDP): Types--textiles and apparel, cement, wood products, cigars, and foodstuffs.
*Manufacturing (18% of GDP): Types--textiles and apparel, cement, wood products, cigars, and foodstuffs.
Services (53.2% of GDP).
*Services (53.2% of GDP).
*Trade: Exports (goods)--$1.95 billion: apparel, coffee, shrimp, bananas, palm oil, gold, zinc/lead concentrates, soap/detergents, melons, lobster, pineapple, lumber, sugar, and tobacco. Major market--U.S. (54.4%). Imports (goods)--$5.00 billion: fabrics, yarn, machinery, chemicals, petroleum, vehicles, processed foods, metals, agricultural products, plastic articles, and paper articles. Major source--U.S. (37.5%).
*Trade: Exports (goods)--$1.95 billion: apparel, coffee, shrimp, bananas, palm oil, gold, zinc/lead concentrates, soap/detergents, melons, lobster, pineapple, lumber, sugar, and tobacco. Major market--U.S. (54.4%). Imports (goods)--$5.00 billion: fabrics, yarn, machinery, chemicals, petroleum, vehicles, processed foods, metals, agricultural products, plastic articles, and paper articles. Major source--U.S. (37.5%).
Beginning in late 1998, the United States helped conduct a massive reconstruction effort following the devastation left by [[Hurricane Mitch]], which also allowed thousands of displaced families to obtain permanent shelter. Basic infrastructure (water and sanitation, and bridges, including over 1,250 kilometers of roads) along with critical social infrastructure (schools and 123 damaged health clinics) lost or damaged during the storm had been rebuilt when the program was largely completed by the end of 2001.
In 2005, Honduras reached completion point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, qualifying the country for multilateral debt relief.
In 2005, Honduras reached completion point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, qualifying the country for multilateral debt relief.