Honduras Church

Honduras, located at the widest part of the isthmus, is the second largest Central American republic. This triangular-shaped country, is approximately 112,492 km(43,278 sq mi about the size of Louisiana ). Honduras is a democratic constitutional republic, governed by three independent branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayaguela together constitute the capital of the republic.

The honduran population is 8+ million people; one of the fastest-growing of Latin America. The hondurans are dedicated mostly to agricultural activities, in addition to manufacturing, social services, among other things. Honduras is a multiethnic, and multilingual country, which consists of four major ethnic families: the ladino or mestizo who are the majority, indigenous people (lenca, miskito, tolupan, chortis, pech, tawahkas), garifuna and creole English speakers.

The territory of Honduras is very rough, is formed by high mountain ridges, high plains, deep valleys in which there are extensive and fertile plains crossed by flowing rivers, some of them navigable. All of which, contributes to Honduras’ rich biodiversity. It is estimated that in Honduras there are, about 8000 plant species, about 250 reptiles and amphibians, over 700 species of birds and 110 mammal species, distributed in various ecological regions of Honduras.