Honduras

Honduras (, , ), kent officially as the Republic o Honduras, is a republic in Central Americae. It wis umwhile kent as Spainyie Honduras tae differentiate it frae Breetish Honduras (nou Belize). The kintra mairches Guatemala, El Salvador an Nicaragua.

Honduras wis hame tae mony important Mesoamerican culturs, maist notably the Maya, afore the Spainish invadit in the saxteent century. The Spainish introduced Roman Catholicism an the nou predominant Spainish leid, alang wi mony customs that hae blendit wi the indigenous cultur. Honduras becam independent in 1821 an haes syne been a republic, awtho it haes consistently endured muckle social strife an poleetical instability, an remeens ane o the puirest kintras in the Wastren Hemisphere. In 1960, the northren pairt o whit wis the Mosquito Coast wis transferred frae Nicaragua tae Honduras bi the Internaitional Coort o Juistice.

The naition's economy is primarily agricultural, makkin it vulnerable tae naitural disasters sic as Hurricane Mitch in 1998.McSweeney, Kendra, et al. "Climate-Related Disaster Opens a Window of Opportunity for Rural Poor in Northeastern Honduras." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 108, no. 13, 2011, pp. 5203–5208. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41125677. The lawer cless is primarily agriculturally based whilk walth is concentratit in the kintra's urban centres. Honduras haes a Human Development Index o 0.625, classifeein it as a naition wi medium development. Whan the Index is adjuistit for income inequality, its inequality-adjusted Human Development Index is 0.443.

Honduran society is predominantly Mestizo; houiver, American Indian, black an white individuals bide in Honduras an aa. The naition haed a relatively heich political stability till its 2009 coup an again wi the 2017 presidential election.Ruhl, J. Mark. "Agrarian Structure and Political Stability in Honduras." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, vol. 26, no. 1, 1984, pp. 33–68. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/165506. Honduras haes the warld's heichest murther rate an heich levels o sexual violence.Hawkins, Darren, and Melissa Humes. "Human Rights and Domestic Violence." Political Science Quarterly, vol. 117, no. 2, 2002, pp. 231–257. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/798182.

Honduras spans aboot  an haes a population ower  million. Its northren portions are pairt o the Wastren Caribbean Zone, as reflectit in the area’s demograpics an cultur. Honduras is kent for its rich naitural resoorces, includin meenerals, coffee, tropical fruit, an succar cane, as weel as for its growin textiles industrie, that serves the internaitional mercat.

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