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GeographyLocation: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,520 km, Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922km Coastline: 820 km
PeoplePopulation: 5,459,743 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.66% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 34.12 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 43.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.55 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: mestizo (mixed Indian and European) 90%, Indian 7%, black 2%, white1% Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority Languages: Spanish, Indian dialects
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Tegucigalpa Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Constitution: 11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $9.7 billion National product real growth rate: -1.9% National product per capita: $1,820 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% Unemployment rate: 10%; underemployed 30%-40%
Electricity:
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