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Honduras
- Location
Location Description
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea to the north and Nicaragua to the southeast
- Continent
- North America
- Bordering Countries
- El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua
- Independent
- Yes
- Flag
Flag Description
The flag of this country is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white and turquoise, with five small five-pointed turquoise stars arranged in a quincuncial pattern at the center of the white band.
- Capital
- Tegucigalpa
- Language
- Spanish
- Currency
- (lempira)
- Size
- 43,433 sq mi (112,492 sq km) — 104th largest
- Total Population
- 9,892,632 people — 95th largest
- Population Density
- 228 people per sq mi (87.9 people per sq km) — 126th largest
- Fun Fact
- For over a century now, up to four times a year, it experiences an unexplained "rain of fish"