Location: Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Population: 7,483,763
Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects
National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
Currency (code): lempira (HNL)
Exchange rates: lempiras per US dollar - 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004), 17.345 (2003)
