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Capital Tegucigalpa : |
Tegucigalpa .
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| Climate Tegucigalpa :
| subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains .
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| Life expectancy Tegucigalpa :
| 66.15 years .
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| Fertility rate Tegucigalpa :
| 3.97 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type :
| democratic constitutional republic .
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| Population :
| 6 823 568.
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| Area Total :
| 112,090 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use :
| 322,500 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular :
| 326,500 (2002) .
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| International Country Code :
| 504.
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Current account balance : $-279.6 million (2003) .
HIV Tegucigalpa : 1.8% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line : 53% (1993 est.) . Literacy : 76,20%
House hold income lowest than 10% : 0,60%
House hold income highest than 10% : 42.7% (1998)
Inflation : 7.7% (2003 est.) .
Unemployment Rate : 27.5% (2003 est.) .
Internet Users : 168,600 (2002) .
Location Tegucigalpa : Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua .
Geographic Coordinates : 15 00 N, 86 30 W .
Religion : Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority .
Administrative region : 18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro .
Terrain : mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains .
Elevation extremes lowest : Caribbean Sea 0 m .
Elevation extremes highest : Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m .
Natural resources : timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower .
Land use arable land : 9,55%.
Land use permanentcrops : 3,22%.
Irrigated land : 760 sq km (1998 est.) .
Natural hazards : frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast .
Environment current issues : urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals .
Geography note : has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast .
Population : 6 823 568.
age -14 p : 41,20%.
age -14 men : 1 434 555.
age -14 ladies : 1 376 216.
age 15/64 p : 55,10%.
age 15/64 men : 1 866 219.
age 15/64 ladies : 1 896 027.
age +65 p : 3,70%.
age +65 men : 118 404.
age +65 ladies : 132 147.
date : 2004 est..
median age total : 19 years .
median age male : 18.6 years .
median age female : 19.4 years (2004 est.) .
population growth rate : 2.24% (2004 est.) .
population growth rate note : .
birth rate : 31.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
death rate : 6.64 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
net migration rate : -1.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female .
sex ratio under 15 : 1.04 male(s)/female .
sex ratio 15/64 : 0.98 male(s)/female .
sex ratio more 65 : 0.9 male(s)/female .
sex ratio total : 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
infant mortality rate male : 33.22 deaths/1,000 live births .
infant mortality rate female : 25.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
life expectancy at birth total : 66.15 years .
life expectancy at birth male : 64.99 years .
life expectancy at birth female : 67.37 years (2004 est.) .
total fertility rate : 3.97 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
Weather Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa weather January : 19 *
Tegucigalpa weather February : 20 *
Tegucigalpa weather March : 22 *
Tegucigalpa weather April : 23 *
Tegucigalpa weather May : 24 *
Tegucigalpa weather June : 23 *
Tegucigalpa weather July : 22 *
Tegucigalpa weather August : 22 *
Tegucigalpa weather September : 22 *
Tegucigalpa weather October : 21 *
Tegucigalpa weather November : 20 *
Tegucigalpa weather December : 20 *
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Rain Tegucigalpa
Rain Tegucigalpa January : 9 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa February : 4 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa March : 8 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa April : 32 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa May : 152 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa June : 160 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa July : 82 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa August : 89 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa September : 185 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa October : 135 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa November : 38 mm
Rain Tegucigalpa December : 12 mm
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Climat Tegucigalpa
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
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Temperature Tegucigalpa
Temperature Tegucigalpa January : 19 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa February : 20 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa March : 22 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa April : 23 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa May : 24 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa June : 23 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa July : 22 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa August : 22 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa September : 22 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa October : 21 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa November : 20 *
Temperature Tegucigalpa December : 20 *
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Tegucigalpa, population 1,682,725 (2006) (metro area), is the capital of Honduras and the republic's largest city. It's also the third largest city in Central America, after Guatemala City and San Salvador.
The city is located in a valley of the same name at 14°5?N 87°13?W, and an elevation of 3,250 feet. The name is derived from the Nahuatl Teguz-galpa, meaning "silver hills". Tegucigalpa is also the capital of Honduras' Francisco Morazán department. The city's industries include textiles, sugar, and cigarettes.
Tegucigalpa was founded under the name of "Real Villa de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa de Heredia" on September 29th, 1578 on top of an existing indigenous settlement. At that time it was a center of silver and gold mining. The first capital of Honduras was the port of Trujillo. It later moved to the city of Gracias, in the western department of Lempira. The capital of the independent Republic of Honduras then switched back and forth between Tegucigalpa and Comayagua until it was permanently settled at Tegucigalpa in 1880. It is said that the society of Comayagua, the long time colonial capital of Honduras, was publicly disliked by the wife of President Marco Aurelio Soto, who took revenge by moving the capital of the republic to Tegucigalpa. Going beyond the public saying, it is most likely that the change of the seat of the capital took place due to the fact that President Marco Aurelio Soto was an important partner of the Rosario Mining Company, whose operations where based in San Juancito, located about 40 km outside of Tegucigalpa, and he needed to be closer to his personal interests.
The city remained relatively small and provincial until the 1960's. However, it has experimented rapid development in the past few decades, and the city continues to sprawl far beyond the colonial downtown.
The National Autonomous University of Honduras was established in Tegucigalpa in 1847. The National Museum here has a notable collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts. In the 1930s the town of Comayagüela (on the other side of the Choluteca River from central Tegucigalpa) was incorporated into the city.
Hurricane Mitch
On October 30th, 1998, the city was significantly damaged by Hurricane Mitch, which destroyed part of the Comayagüela section of the city, as well as other places along the riverbanks of the Choluteca River. The hurricane remained over Honduran territory for five days, dumping heavy rainfall late in the rainy season. The ground was already saturated and could not absorb the heavy precipitation, while deforestation and debris left by the hurricane led to catastrophic flooding all throughout the country, especially in Tegucigalpa.
The heavy precipitation caused flash floods of the Choluteca river's tributaries, and the swollen river overflowed its banks and ravaged the city, tearing down entire neighborhoods and bridges across the city. The rainfall also triggered massive landslides around El Berrinche hill, close to the downtown area. These landslides destroyed most of the Soto neighborhood, and debris fell on the river, forming a dike. The dike clogged the waters of the river and many of the low-lying areas of Comayaguela were submerged; historic buildings located along Calle Real were destroyed.
Airport
The main airport that serves Tegucigalpa is Toncontín International Airport. The origin of this name is unknown. This airport has received much criticism for being one of the most dangerous in the world (due to its vicinity to a [[Mountain range|sierra], its short runway, and difficult approach). Efforts have been made for years to replace it with Palmerola airport in Comayagua, currently a United States airbase. Toncontín has been improved significantly by the work of CAT (the Airport Corporation of Tegucigalpa) and by INTERAIRPORTS, a company hired by the government of the Honduras to administer the four airports of the country.
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