Honduras
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.
Republic of Honduras
Capital:
Tegucigalpa
Population:
7 million
Independence:
15 September 1821 (Spain)
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