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Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Research by Henry Louis Gates and other sources regards their population to be around 1-2%. [2] [3] [4] They descended from: enslaved Africans by the Spanish, as well as those who were enslaved from the West Indies and identify as Creole peoples, and the Garifuna who descend from exiled zambo Maroons from Saint ...
At the end of the 19th century, The Chronicle commenced publication; next came The Newspaper of Honduras and The People (an official newspaper of the Honduran Liberal Party, which later ceased publication). Honduras has a good number of newspapers and magazines, through which the Honduran people stay well informed.
Following the intention of the 1949 decree, the guidelines established a lighter shade of blue for the Honduran flag "until its colors are defined and regulated by legislative decree". [4] On 4 August 2023, the Honduran Armed Forces announced a change from this month on their monograms, uniforms and logo to represent the national flag in turquoise.
The people of Utila are of African , English and Dutch descent. [4] At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Utila municipality had a population of 3,947. Of these, 82.32% were Mestizo , 13.42% White , 2.10% Black or Afro-Honduran , 0.26% Indigenous and 1.91% others.
Historic Bay Islands flag, still used as an unofficial symbol of the Islands. [16] [17] The flag was also used by the Governor of British Honduras. [18] The English seem to have made no other demonstration on the islands during the 18th century. They remained in the undisturbed occupation of Spain. [12] "In 1821, when the Central American ...
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.
White Hondurans or white people from Honduras (colloquially called cheles), is a term used to refer to those Hondurans who are cataloged or considered as white people. However, the term white in Honduras similar to other Latin American countries is quite ambiguous, and some white people would not be classified as such in other countries.
Red Flag - High Hazard - High surf and/or strong currents, all swimmers are discouraged from entering the water. Yellow Flag - Medium Hazard - Moderate surf and/or currents, weak swimmers are ...