Environment

Subject Essay geography Environment In 2018 the government reported that 865,000 foreign tourists arrived in the country. Less available are figures for the number of visitors to the country’s mainland. [How does 865,000 square with next two paragraphs? Which of these figures reflect *foreign* tourism?] Virtually all of Honduras’s foreign tourism today is confined to […]

National parks

Subject Essay geography National parks In 2018 the government reported that 865,000 foreign tourists arrived in the country. Less available are figures for the number of visitors to the country’s mainland. [How does 865,000 square with next two paragraphs? Which of these figures reflect *foreign* tourism?] Virtually all of Honduras’s foreign tourism today is confined […]

Roads and transportation

Subject Essay geography Roads and transportation In 2018 the government reported that 865,000 foreign tourists arrived in the country. Less available are figures for the number of visitors to the country’s mainland. [How does 865,000 square with next two paragraphs? Which of these figures reflect *foreign* tourism?] Virtually all of Honduras’s foreign tourism today is […]

Demographics and ethnicities

Subject Essay geography Demographics and ethnicities Hond. Demographics and Race   Honduras, like the rest of Central America, is largely populated by mestizos of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage, amounting to perhaps 90% of the population.       Some important subgroups Garífuna: The North Coast, especially from the Guatemalan border to the Mosquito Coast, […]

Departments, municipalities, cities

Subject Essay geography Departments, municipalities, cities In 2018 the government reported that 865,000 foreign tourists arrived in the country. Less available are figures for the number of visitors to the country’s mainland. [How does 865,000 square with next two paragraphs? Which of these figures reflect *foreign* tourism?] Virtually all of Honduras’s foreign tourism today is […]

Weather and climate

Subject Essay geography Weather and climate Though Honduras is a small country, its weather varies dramatically by location, as a consequence of having coasts on two oceans and dramatic topographical variation with altitudes far surpassing any in the eastern US. As elsewhere in the tropics, temperatures in a given Honduran location are basically constant throughout […]

Geographical analysis

Subject Essay geography Geographical analysis Honduras forms a rough triangle, bordering three countries—Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua–and extending from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Its Caribbean coast is its northern (rather than eastern) boundary and is known as the Costa Norte. Its small Pacific coast is its southernmost (rather than westernmost) boundary and is called […]