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1. HONDURAS
KNOW YOUR
COMMUNITY
KNOW YOUR WORLD
A PROGRAM OF GLOBAL TIES
AKRON

2. HONDURAS ON THE
MAP

3. HONDURAS
COMPARED
TO OHIO/US
Honduras is slightly
larger than Tennessee

4. Honduras
● Discovered in 1502
● Fourth trip
● Honduras=depth
● Independence September 15, 1821

5. Honduras Facts
Population: 10,593,798
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Major language: Spanish (official),
Amerindian dialects
Major religion: Evangelical/Protestant,
Roman Catholic
Life expectancy: Male: 71.91 years,
Female: 79.06 years
Monetary unit: Honduran Lempira

6. Honduran Currency

7. Heroes
● Lempira
● 1537
● United more than 100 tribes
● Morazan
● Led effort against Mexico
● Struggled to unite the
Central-American countries

8. Politics and Government
● Republic of Honduras
● Presidential republic
● President Xiomara Castro
● Congress
● Supreme Court

9. Economic Activities
● imports
● refined petroleum
● clothing and apparel
● packaged medicines
● broadcasting equipment
● insulated wiring
● Exports
● clothing and apparel
● coffee
● insulated wiring
● bananas
● palm oil

10. Historical Events
1502 - Christopher Columbus lands in Honduras, a country originally
inhabited by indigenous tribes, most notably the Maya.
1524 - Gil González Dávila becomes first Spaniard to enter Honduras as a
conquistador.
1600 - When local slave trading stops, African slaves, mostly from Angola,
are transported to work in the mines.
1821 - Honduras declares independence, becomes part of Mexican Empire
until 18231838 - Becomes an independent republic.
1859 - Britain withdraws from its informal colony on the Mosquito Coast
ceding part of it to Honduras and ceding the rest to Nicaragua the following
year.
Late 19th Century - Honduras falls under influence of US corporations,
which set up huge fruit plantations, granting land and substantial
exemptions to them in return for developing the north.

11. 1960 - Northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast is transferred from
Nicaragua to Honduras by the International Court of Justice
1969 - Week-long so-called "Football War" with El Salvador leads to 4,000
deaths. Border tensions lead to conflict triggered when El Salvador meet
Honduras for a three-round football elimination match preliminary to the
World Cup. Up to 130,000 Salvadoran illegal immigrants are expelled from
Honduras.
1981-82 - First civilian government in over a century elected, but military
remains influential.
1980s - Honduras is a stronghold for the US in its proxy war against the
pro-Soviet Sandinistas in Nicaragua, training and funding Contra rebels. The
Honduran army also fights against Marxist-Leninist militias such as the
Cinchoneros Popular Liberation Movement.
1998 - Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras.
2009 - Several years of a weak but strengthening democracy are curtailed
when President Manuel Zelaya is deposed in a military coup and sent into
exile.

12. Recent Events
● Storm Julia
● Drug trafficking
● Immigration
● Former president arrested on drug charges
● Abortion
● Wildfires
● Domestic violence

13. Significant Sites to Visit
● Copan Ruinas
● Bay Islands
● Cayos Cochinos
● Pico Bonito
● Tela
● Trujillo
● Valle de Angeles

14. Culture
● Family Oriented
● Tight Nucleus
● Extended Family
● Dances
● Cique
● Punta
●FAVORITE PASTIME!!!!!
●Soccer

15. Daily life
● low quality of education
● Children are often employed at young ages
instead of finishing school

16. Food
● Baleadas
● Tacos
● Enchiladas
● Tamales
● Carne Asada
● Sopa de
Mondongo
● Refried beans

17. Honduras
● Sites of interest
● www.honduras.com
● www.letsgohonduras.com
● www.honduras.net