Honduras

Name: Honduras literally means “depths” in Spanish. The name could either refer to the bay of Trujillo as an anchorage, fondura in the Leonese dialect of Spanish, or to Columbus’s alleged quote that “Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas Honduras” (“Thank God we have departed from those depths”).

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Motto: “Libre, Soberana e Independiente”

Status:  Independent—5 November 1838

Area: 112,492 km²(43,433 m²)

GDP: $40.983 billion (2014 estimate)

Population:  8,249,574 (2010 estimate)

Capital City: Tegucigalpa

Official Language: Spanish

Currency:  Lempira (HNL)