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Honduras

Honduras:

India has dispatched humanitarian assistance of 26 tons to Honduras in the wake of the recent Tropical storm SARA.

  • Honduras is located in Central America.
  • It is bordered by Guatemala to the west; by El Salvador to the southwest; and by Nicaragua to the southeast.
  • It is also bounded by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca to the south and by the Caribbean Sea at the Gulf of Honduras to the north.
  • The climate is generally hot, with high humidity in the tropical coastal lowlands becoming modified by elevation toward the interior.
  • More than three-fourths of the land area of Honduras is mountainous.
  • Highest Peak:Mount Las Minas.
  • The Coco River forms the border with Nicaragua and other important rivers are Patuca & Ulúa.
  • The major bodies of water are Lake Yojoa, which is the only significant lake in the entire nation, and the Caratasca Lagoon in the northeast.
  • Natural Resource: Timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower.
  • Capital: Tegucigalpa