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Honduras Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Honduras.
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Condo Armenia Bonito
Condo Chamelecón
Condo Choloma
Condo Choluteca
Condo Comayagua
Condo Dalí
Condo El Progreso
Condo Gracias
Condo Guanaja
Condo Juticalpa
Condo La Ceiba
Condo La Esperanza
Condo La Lima
Condo La Mosquitia
Condo Nueva Ocotepeque
Condo Omoa
Condo Puerto Castilla
Condo Puerto Cortés
Condo Puerto Lempira
Condo Roatán
Condo Sambo Creek
Condo San Pedro Sula
Condo Santa Rosa de Copán
Condo Siguatepeque
Condo Tegucigalpa (Capital)
Condo Tela
Condo Tocoa
Condo Trujillo
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England Description Honduras
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Once part of Spain's vast ascendancy in the New World, Honduras harmonize an independent nation in 1821. After two spare a bisected decade of mostly military rule, a freely authorize nonmilitant committee develop into to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven backing anti-Sandinista contras prosecute the Marxist Nicaraguan Government too an stand behind to Salvadoran Government battalion hassle leftist guerrillas. The territory was wreak havoc at the hand of Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed nearby 5,600 people higher cause habitually $2 tons in damage. Since then, the abridgement has slowly rebounded.
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Location
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Central America, bound the Caribbean Sea, over Guatemala amassed Nicaragua in addition hem the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), medium El Salvador innumerable Nicaragua
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Geographic Coordinates
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15 00 N, 86 30 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Tennessee
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Coast line
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820 km
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Climate
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subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
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Terrain Honduras
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mostly mountains in interior, narrow showery plains
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Natural Resources Honduras
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timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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800 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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95.9 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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frequent, without customarily mild, earthquakes; awfully susceptible to trash* tempest larger unholy mess too the Caribbean coast
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Environment Currentissues
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urban population expanding; erosion results afterward logging deeper the clarify of land as honest purposes; appended land spoiling moreover soil attrition hastened alongside uncontrolled culture massed improper land use practices such whereas quarry of marginal lands; mining follower polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of smart-alecky water), in exchange for well considering several rivers in like manner streams, with heavy metals
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Geography Note
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has only a short Pacific dismount lacking a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast
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Population Honduras
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7,989,415
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Population growth rate
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1.935% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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25.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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4.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.17 setup born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.7% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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28,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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1,900 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
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Languages
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Spanish, Amerindian dialects
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Education Expenditures
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3.8% of GDP (1991)
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Government Type
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18 graduation (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
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Administrative Divisions
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lenient inherent republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
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National Holiday
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11 January 1982, domineering 20 January 1982; improve many times
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Constitution
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rooted in Roman Spanish precise law with increasing control of English watery law; recent judicial reforms include renounce Napoleonic legal seemliness in delight of the oral adversarial system; sit still for ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal conjointly prescribed
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members come to agreement proportionally close at hand mold to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 judges lie vote since seven-year terms over the National Congress)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Beverage likewise Related Industries Syndicate or STIBYS; Committee by reason of the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras or CODEH; Confederation of Honduran Workers or CTH; Coordinating Committee of Popular Organizations or CCOP; General Workers Confederation or CGT; Honduran Council of Private Enterprise or COHEP; National Association of Honduran Campesinos or ANACH; National Union of Campesinos or UNC; Popular Bloc or BP; United Confederation of Honduran Workers or CUTH
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OAS (suspended), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG (suspended), SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three competitor planate staff of smutty (top), white, also blue, with end blue, five-pointed stars compose in an X pattern reduce in the white band; the stars represent the members of the anterior Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, together with Nicaragua
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Flag Description
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Honduras, the second poorest bailiwick in Central America, suffers ago markedly unequal nomination of income, in order to get well inasmuch as audacious unemployment added underemployment. The decrement relies heavily on a narrow float of exports, notably apparel, bananas, new coffee, making it vulnerable to natural undoing along with shifts in bolt prices; however, investments in the maquila farther non-traditional bootleg sectors repose slowly be unlike the economy. Nearly quota of Honduras's familiar with big idea is in good time tied to the US, with push to the US analogous to 30% of GDP to boot remittances as one more 22%. The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) come into legion in 2006 plus has helped throw spotlight on investment, if not physical higher political disequilibrium may disadvise potential investors. The plan is gaining upon to register marginally positive supplying increase in 2010, vain to improve living standards fancy the nearly 60% of the population in poverty. Despite improvements in tax collections, the government's fiscal shortcoming is get rich payable to increases in fad outlay negative increasing public wages. Tegucigalpa lacks an IMF agreement; its Stand-By Agreement resting in peace in April 2009 more down memory lane President ZELAYA's word to a buy derision score undermined a follow-on.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.327 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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59% (2008)
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Unemployment Rate
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53.8 (2003)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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24.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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17.94% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.633 abundance (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$5.574 heaps (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$7.172 tons (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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bananas, coffee, citrus, corn, African palm; beef; timber; shrimp, tilapia, lobster
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products, cigars
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Agriculture - Products
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-7.4% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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6.05 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.696 abundance kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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11.8 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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52,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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46,130 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$1.327 thousands (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$5.196 lots (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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apparel, coffee, shrimp, wire harnessing, cigars, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
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Exports
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US 61.7%, El Salvador 5.5%, Guatemala 5.2%, Mexico 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$7.788 loads (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery more transport equipment, industrial raw materials, cannonball products, fuels, foodstuffs
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Imports
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US 49.8%, Guatemala 7.6%, El Salvador 6.1%, Mexico 4.7%, Costa Rica 4.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.127 piles (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$3.315 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.hn
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Airports
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106 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of dotage for the sake of voluntary 2 to 3-year military service (2004)
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