Honduras+Taylor

=Taylor Owens= = __**General Information**__ = = = =__Geography__ = = **__Brief History__** =
 * capital-Tegucigalpa**
 * population- 8.14 million**
 * demographics-**
 * 0-14 years old 36.7%**
 * 15-64 years old 59%**
 * 65 and older 4.3%**
 * religion- catholic,Lutheran, Jehovah's witness**
 * official language- Spanish, American, Turkish**
 * **whats the land like?**
 * the land in Honduras has: beautiful oceans, lagoons,swamps,mountains and also a lot of flat planes.**
 * **How does the geography effect the economy**
 * Weather and climate: the weather in Honduras is hot and humid most days of the year. The high is about 90degrees and low of 68degrees. Temperatures are the coolest in the mountain areas. There is lots of rain, the time it rains the most is from September-February. At the country's capital Tegucigalpa dry seasons take place form December-May. Also December and Janurary is the coolest months of the year.**
 * **Indigenous- Indigenous groups are said to be in the top five reasons to visit Honduras. Some of the popular groups are: Miskito Indians, peach Indians, Hungarians, and Lances. Lances is the largest group of them all. A lot of these people don't visit because some of the people in them are not very friendly or welcoming. Some of them just don't like visitors.**
 * **colonization- the country was named by Christophorus Columbus. this country was the 4th voyage. Most of the people in this country speak Spanish but there are also some other languages. The name of this country //Honduras// means //"depths".//**
 * **Independence- Honduras gained independence in 1821 from Spain and that is the year that these two countries separated. In 1838 Honduras decided to separate from Guatemala and become its own country that is independent.**

= **__Government/political situation__** = = **__Tourism__** =
 * **What type of government do they have? Honduras has a Democratic and Republican government this means that they have power based on what the people want. They decided what happens by voting.**
 * **Who is the leader? Honduras has a political leader and his name is Porfirio Lobo Sosa. He has been the leader there for a couple of years.**
 * **Whats the political climate like in the country?**
 * **Places you should visit: La Esperanza is one place that is recommended for you while in Honduras. In La Esperanza is the highest town in this country there people like to rent cars because they are not paved also people like to ride horse and mules around the town because it has beautiful land. Other things people like to do there is go scuba diving,river rafting, or bird watching.**

= **__Current Events__** =
 * On February 16,2012 Honduras faced another bad fire but the strange thing about this one was that the firefighters were told to not go to fight the fire. Later Honduras asked the United States to help them by donating supplies. The United States did but they don't understand why the firefighters were told to not respond to the fire.**
 * Human Rights group has demanded an explanation to what cause the fire that killed 358 prisoners. A lot of the people in Honduras think that either the prisoners had something to do with it or that the prison guards had something to do with it. They are not yet sure of just what it was that caused the fire. The reason a lot of people think that the prison guards did it was because of how weird they were acting when some of the firefighters tried to go in and stop the fire and save people. The prison guards wouldn't let them in and that isn't making sense to a lot of the people.**

= **__Sources__** =
 * www.indexmundi.com**
 * www.knowledgering.com**
 * www.factmonster.com**
 * www.countrystudies.com**
 * Honduras weekly**