Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was at times referred to as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize …
Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea …
Honduras was home to several important indigenous cultures, most notably the Maya. Much of the country was conquered by Spain which introduced its now predominant language and many of its customs in the sixteenth century …
San Pedro Sula is located in the northwest of the country, about 60 km south of Puerto Cortes on the Caribbean …
La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean …
Coxen Hole, also Roatan Town, is the largest city on the island of Roatan, and capital of the Bay Islands …
Copan is a Mayan archaeological site located in western Honduras, near the border with Guatemala …
Gracias is a small Honduran town that was founded in 1536, in the mountainous centre of western Honduras …
Tegucigalpa, commonly Tegus is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic …
Located near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the largest barrier reef in the Caribbean Sea (second largest worldwide after Australia's Great Barrier Reef), Roatan has become an important cruise ship and scuba diving destination in Honduras …
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