The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ - current issues:

       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:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law

       of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer

       Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,

       Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline,

       including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast

      People Honduras

      Population:

       6,669,789

       note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the

       effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower

       life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower

       population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of

       population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July

       2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 41.6% (male 1,414,791; female 1,357,537)

       15–64 years: 54.8% (male 1,811,757; female 1,843,456)

       65 years and over: 3.6% (male 114,791; female 127,457) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 18.8 years

       male: 18.4 years

       female: 19.2 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       2.32% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       31.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       6.44 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −2.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female

       total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 29.96 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 26.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 33.6 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 66.65 years

       male: 65.31 years

       female: 68.06 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       4.07 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       1.6% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       57,000 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       3,300 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Honduran(s)

       adjective: Honduran

      Ethnic groups:

       mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black

       2%, white 1%

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority

      Languages:

       Spanish, Amerindian dialects

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 76.2%

       male: 76.1%

       female: 76.3% (2003 est.)

      Government Honduras

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Honduras

       conventional short form: Honduras

       local short form: Honduras

       local long form: Republica de Honduras

      Government type:

       democratic constitutional republic

      Capital:

       Tegucigalpa

      Administrative divisions:

       18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida,

       Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco

       Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz,

       Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro

      Independence:

       15 September 1821 (from Spain)

      National СКАЧАТЬ