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Honduras, [a] officially the Republic of Honduras, [b] is a country in Central America.It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Archaeology has demonstrated that Honduras has a multi-ethnic prehistory. An important part of that prehistory was the Mayan presence around Copán in western Honduras near the Guatemalan border, a major Mayan city that began to flourish around 150 A.D. but reached its zenith in the Late Classic period (700–850 A.D.).
Politics of Honduras takes place in a framework of a multi-party system presidential representative democratic republic. The President of Honduras is both head of state and head of government . Executive power is exercised by the government.
Honduras officially recognized the Republic of Kosovo on 3 September 2010. [133] Kosovo and Honduras established diplomatic relations on 2 December 2010. [134] Russia: 30 September 1990: See Honduras–Russia relations. Diplomatic relations between the USSR and Honduras established on 30 September 1990. [135] Honduras has an embassy in Moscow.
On 1 July 1823 Honduras, along with Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, declared its independence from the First Mexican Empire to form the short lived Federal Republic of Central America, also known as United Provinces of Central America. Honduras remained as a member state until it decided to separate in 1838.
The Republic of Honduras is organized according to Title I: On the State [1] of the Honduran Constitution of 1982. According to Title V: Branches of the Government, [2] the three administrative branches are the legislative, executive and judicial.
The location of Honduras An enlargeable map of the Republic of Honduras. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Honduras: Honduras – sovereign country located in Central America. [1] Honduras was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize). [2]