Honduras

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Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere with an enormous problems of unequal distribution of income and extreme unemployment.

More than half the population (53%) lives below the poverty line.

Hurricane Mitch devastated Honduras in 1998, killing 5,600 people and causing approximately $2 billion in damages. World Accord and CIDA assisted PRR (Honduran project partner) in constructing 205 concrete block houses with sanitation facilities for people who lost their homes in the disaster.

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Republic of Honduras

Capital:

Tegucigalpa

Population:

7 million

Independence:

15 September 1821 (Spain)

More Information:

www.lonelyplanet.com

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