Honduras

Official Name: República de Honduras
Capitals: Tegucigalpa
Population: 9,449,000 (2021 est.)
Size: 101st largest country in the world (112,492 km2)
• Honduras means “great depths” in Spanish due to its deep waters along the coast
• Part of the second largest coral reef in the world
• Home to the oldest clock in the Americas—1100AD built in Spain and brought over
• First country to ban smoking in enclosed spaces
• Half of the mammal species in Honduras are bats
• Honduras was where Europeans first tasted chocolate
• The flag’s blue represents the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, as well as the blue sky and brotherhood; the white represents the land between, peace and prosperity of its
people, and purity of thoughts; the five stars represent the five nations in Central America.