HONDURAS HONDURAS REGION CENTRAL AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 15 1821 FROM SPAIN DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JANUARY 20 1982 POPULATION 5997327 1999 EST AREA 43433 SQ MI CAPITAL TEGUCIGALPA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES TIMBER GOLD SILVER ZINC IRON ORE LEAD COPPER COAL FISH MAIN INDUSTRIES SUGAR COFFEE TEXTILES WOOD PRODUCTS CLOTHING SHRIMPING AGRICULTURE BANANAS COFFEE CITRUS FRUITS CATTLE TIMBER CURRENCY LEMPIRA GDP 14.4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2400 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL AMERICAN INDIAN DIALECTS RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 73 LIFE EXPECTANCY 63 YEARS MALE 66 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 31 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 PER 1000 POPULATION
