HONDURAS

Tegucigalpa

POPULATION

• 7.936 million (2012)

MAJOR GEOGRAPHICAL ELEMENTS

• Honduras has lowlands along both coasts.
• Interior is made up of numerous ranges with intervening firtle valleys and baisins.
• Some of the rangess are volcanic, but no volcanoes are active.
• Major rivers of honduras from from northeastward from the interior
• in the caribbean. The coast are hot and humid while the mountain are moderate and agreable.

CURRENCY & EXCHANGE

• $1.00= 19.90 lempiras

MAJOR ATTRACTION

• Punta sal- a once pirate place its is now popular because of
• its natural beauty and wild life.
• Rio cangrejal- is popular because of its white water rapids rushing around
• boulders and plunging over drop-offs.

RELIGION

• Roman catholics

INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

• Honduras became an independent republic in 1839,
• after the definitive fall of the Centralamerican federation.

LEADER & GOV'T

• Orlando hernández
• Constitutional republic

FOOD

• baleadas are a popular food its a flour tortilla,
• folded in have with smashed fried beans quite thick.
• and added whatever else you wanna add.

CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS

• On the 24th of december they have a reunion like a party with all the family
• celabratethe birth of jesus christ and eat till 12:00am they have a moment of
• thanks.
• Piñatas are paper maché figures with diffrent colors and can be a in form of cartoon figure they are in most
• of little kids b-day they are filled with candy that falls off when the kids hit it with a stick until its damaged.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• Satcha pretto- she is a Emmy award-winning Journalist and news co-anchor of the
• Univision Network's popular morning show Despierta America.
• Steve van buren- is a american football player for the philadelphia eagles from1944-1951 was elected to the
• pro hall of fame. Also an actor he was in the movie triple threat.
• Luis moncada- actor known for playing a role in the movie fast and the furious and 2 other films.

CLIMATE

• The climate can be described as its cold in
• the  middle of the country and it is hot in the costal areas.

FLAG

• Each star represents each member of the
• fromer central republic of america.
• BLUE- meaning sea and sky
• WHITE- meaning peace and honesty

NEWS

• Hondurans are preparing to head to polls to choose new president
• and Congress four years after coup expelled previous one;
• election promises to be close, raising concerns that losing parties may not
• honor the results.

CITATIONS SLIDE 4,6,&7

• 4. How Stuff Works. Howstuffworks, Inc, 1998. Web. 29 Jan. 2014.
• http://geography.howstuffworks.com/central-america/geography-of-honduras.ht...
• 6. Touropia. Wordpress, 2014. Web. 29 Jan. 2014.
• http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-honduras/
• 7. This Is HONDURAS. Thisishonduras, 2007. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. http://thisishonduras.com/Honduran_History.htm

CITATIONS SLIDE 12

• IMBD. Amazon.com Company, 1990. Web. 29 Jan. 2014.
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369339/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk2
• Born in Honduras. N.p., 2014. Web. 29 Jan. 2014.
• http://borninhonduras.com/

CITATIONS SLIDE 14 & 15

• 14. Flags and Nations of the World. N.p., 2012. Web. 29 Jan. 2014.
• http://www.vexillologymatters.org/honduras-flag.htm
• 15. The New York Times. The New York Times Company, Jan.-Feb.2014. Web. 29 Jan.
• 2014.
• http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/ho...

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