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World Gazetteer Results for Siguate:
NameSiguate
Geographical TypeLocality
Population887
CountryHonduras
Administrative DivisionOlancho
Dictionary Results for Honduras:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Honduras
    n 1: a republic in Central America; achieved independence from
         Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture [syn:
         Honduras, Republic of Honduras]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Honduras

   Introduction Honduras
   ---------------------
                            Background: Part of Spain's vast empire in the
                                        New World, Honduras became an
                                        independent nation in 1821. After
                                        two and one-half decades of mostly
                                        military rule, a freely elected
                                        civilian government came to power in
                                        1982. During the 1980s, Honduras
                                        proved a haven for anti-Sandinista
                                        contras fighting the Marxist
                                        Nicaraguan Government and an ally to
                                        Salvadoran Government forces
                                        fighting against leftist guerrillas.
  
   Geography Honduras
   ------------------
                              Location: Middle America, bordering the
                                        Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and
                                        Nicaragua and bordering the North
                                        Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador
                                        and Nicaragua
                Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 86 30 W
                        Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
                                  Area: total: 112,090 sq km
                                        land: 111,890 sq km
                                        water: 200 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than Tennessee
                       Land boundaries: total: 1,520 km
                                        border countries: Guatemala 256 km,
                                        El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km
                             Coastline: 820 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        continental shelf: natural extension
                                        of territory or to 200 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                               Climate: subtropical in lowlands, temperate
                                        in mountains
                               Terrain: mostly mountains in interior, narrow
                                        coastal plains
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870
                                        m
                     Natural resources: timber, gold, silver, copper, lead,
                                        zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal,
                                        fish, hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 15.15%
                                        permanent crops: 3.13%
                                        other: 81.72% (1998 est.)
                        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
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Desertification,
                                        Endangered Species, Hazardous
                                        Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
                                        Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
                                        Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
                                        Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber
                                        94, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: has only a short Pacific coast but a
                                        long Caribbean shoreline, including
                                        the virtually uninhabited eastern
                                        Mosquito Coast
  
   People Honduras
   ---------------
                            Population: 6,560,608
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 41.8% (male 1,400,778;
                                        female 1,340,834)
                                        15-64 years: 54.6% (male 1,774,619;
                                        female 1,806,568)
                                        65 years and over: 3.6% (male
                                        112,100; female 125,709) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.34% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 31.21 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 5.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1 male(s)/female
                                        (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 30.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68.77 years
                                        female: 70.51 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 67.11 years
                  Total fertility rate: 4.03 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.92% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 63,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,200 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Honduran(s)
                                        adjective: Honduran
                         Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and
                                        European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black
                                        2%, white 1%
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant
                                        minority
                             Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 74%
                                        male: 74%
                                        female: 74.1% (1999)
  
   Government Honduras
   -------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Honduras
                                        conventional short form: Honduras
                                        local short form: Honduras
                                        local long form: Republica de
                                        Honduras
                       Government type: democratic constitutional republic
                               Capital: Tegucigalpa
              Administrative divisions: 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
                          Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September
                                        (1821)
                          Constitution: 11 January 1982, effective 20
                                        January 1982; amended 1995
                          Legal system: rooted in Roman and Spanish civil
                                        law with increasing influence of
                                        English common law; recent judicial
                                        reforms include abandoning
                                        Napoleonic legal codes in favor of
                                        the oral adversarial system; accepts
                                        ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and
                                        compulsory
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Ricardo
                                        (Joest) MADURO (since 27 January
                                        2002); First Vice President Vicente
                                        WILLIAMS Agasse (since 27 January
                                        2002); Second Vice President Armida
                                        Villela Maria DE LOPEZ Contreras
                                        (since 27 January 2002); Third Vice
                                        President Alberto DIAZ Lobo (since
                                        27 January 2002); note - the
                                        president is both the chief of state
                                        and head of government
                                        head of government: President
                                        Ricardo (Joest) MADURO (since 27
                                        January 2002); First Vice President
                                        Vicente WILLIAMS Agasse (since 27
                                        January 2002); Second Vice President
                                        Armida Villela Maria DE LOPEZ
                                        Contreras (since 27 January 2002);
                                        Third Vice President Alberto DIAZ
                                        Lobo (since 27 January 2002); note -
                                        the president is both the chief of
                                        state and head of government
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by
                                        president
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a four-year term;
                                        election last held 25 November 2001
                                        (next to be held NA November 2005)
                                        election results: Ricardo (Joest)
                                        MADURO (PN) elected president -
                                        52.2%, Raphael PINEDA Ponce (PL)
                                        44.3%, others 3.5%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Congress or
                                        Congreso Nacional (128 seats;
                                        members are elected proportionally
                                        to the number of votes their party's
                                        presidential candidate receives to
                                        serve four-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 25 November
                                        2001 (next to be held NA November
                                        2005)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA; seats by party - PN 61,
                                        PL 55, PUD 5, PDC 4, PINU-SD 3
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte
                                        Suprema de Justicia (judges are
                                        elected for seven-year terms by the
                                        National Congress)
         Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic Party or PDC
                                        [Dr. Hernan CORRALES Padilla];
                                        Democratic Unification Party or PUD
                                        [leader NA]; Liberal Party or PL
                                        [Roberto MICHELETTI Bain]; National
                                        Innovation and Unity Party-Social
                                        Democratic Party or PINU-SD [Olban
                                        F. VALLADARES]; National Party of
                                        Honduras or PN [Raphael CALLEJAS]
          Political pressure groups and Committee for the Defense of Human
                               leaders: Rights in Honduras or CODEH;
                                        Confederation of Honduran Workers or
                                        CTH; Coordinating Committee of
                                        Popular Organizations or CCOP;
                                        General Workers Confederation or
                                        CGT; Honduran Council of Private
                                        Enterprise or COHEP; National
                                        Association of Honduran Campesinos
                                        or ANACH; National Union of
                                        Campesinos or UNC; Popular Bloc or
                                        BP; United Federation of Honduran
                                        Workers or FUTH
             International organization BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB,
                         participation: IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD,
                                        IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
                                        IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU,
                                        LAES, LAIA (observer), MINURSO, NAM,
                                        OAS, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), PCA,
                                        RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,
                                        WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
                                        WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Mario
                                        Miguel CANAHUATI
                                        honorary consulate(s): Boston,
                                        Detroit, Jacksonville, and St. Louis
  
                                        consulate(s) general: Chicago,
                                        Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New
                                        Orleans, New York, Phoenix, San
                                        Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico),
                                        Tampa
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 966-9751
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 966-7702
                                        chancery: Suite 4-M, 3007 Tilden
                                        Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Frank
                                    US: ALMAGUER
                                        embassy: Avenida La Paz, Apartado
                                        Postal No. 3453, Tegucigalpa
                                        mailing address: American Embassy,
                                        APO AA 34022, Tegucigalpa
                                        telephone: [504] 238-5114, 236-9320
                                        FAX: [504] 236-9037
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of blue
                                        (top), white, and blue with five
                                        blue five-pointed stars arranged in
                                        an X pattern centered in the white
                                        band; the stars represent the
                                        members of the former Federal
                                        Republic of Central America - Costa
                                        Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
                                        Honduras, and Nicaragua; similar to
                                        the flag of El Salvador, which
                                        features a round emblem encircled by
                                        the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR
                                        EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in
                                        the white band; also similar to the
                                        flag of Nicaragua, which features a
                                        triangle encircled by the word
                                        REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and
                                        AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom,
                                        centered in the white band
  
   Economy Honduras
   ----------------
                    Economy - overview: Honduras, one of the poorest
                                        countries in the Western Hemisphere
                                        with an extraordinarily unequal
                                        distribution of income, is banking
                                        on expanded trade privileges under
                                        the Enhanced Caribbean Basin
                                        Initiative and on debt relief under
                                        the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
                                        (HIPC) initiative. While the country
                                        has met most of its macroeconomic
                                        targets, it failed to meet the IMF's
                                        goals to liberalize its energy and
                                        telecommunications sectors. Growth
                                        remains dependent on the status of
                                        the US economy, its major trading
                                        partner, on commodity prices,
                                        particularly coffee, and on
                                        containment of the recent rise in
                                        crime.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $17
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.1% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,600
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18%
                                        industry: 32%
                                        services: 50% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 53% (1993 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 0.4%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 44.3% (1997)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 59 (1997)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.7% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 2.3 million (1997 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 34%, industry 21%,
                                        services 45% (2001 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 28% (2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $607 million
                                        expenditures: $411.9 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $106 million (1999 est.)
                            Industries: sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing,
                                        wood products
     Industrial production growth rate: 4% (1999 est.)
              Electricity - production: 3.573 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 36.89%
                                        hydro: 63.11%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 3.593 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 5 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 275 million kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: bananas, coffee, citrus; beef;
                                        timber; shrimp
                               Exports: $2 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster,
                                        meat; zinc, lumber
                    Exports - partners: US 39.9%, El Salvador 9.2%, Germany
                                        7.9%, Belgium 5.8%, Guatemala 5.4%
                                        (2000)
                               Imports: $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment,
                                        industrial raw materials, chemical
                                        products, fuels, foodstuffs
                    Imports - partners: US 46.1%, Guatemala 8.2%, El
                                        Salvador 6.6%, Mexico 4.7%, Japan
                                        4.6% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $5.6 billion (2001)
              Economic aid - recipient: $557.8 million (1999)
                              Currency: lempira (HNL)
                         Currency code: HNL
                        Exchange rates: lempiras per US dollar - 16.0256
                                        (January 2002), 15.9197 (2001),
                                        15.1407 (2000), 14.5039 (1999),
                                        13.8076 (1998), 13.0942 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Honduras
   -----------------------
         Telephones - main lines in use: 234,000 (1997)
           Telephones - mobile cellular: 14,427 (1997)
                       Telephone system: general assessment: inadequate
                                         system
                                         domestic: NA
                                         international: satellite earth
                                         stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
                                         Ocean); connected to Central
                                         American Microwave System
               Radio broadcast stations: AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)
                                 Radios: 2.45 million (1997)
          Television broadcast stations: 11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
                            Televisions: 570,000 (1997)
                  Internet country code: .hn
      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 8 (2000)
                         Internet users: 40,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Honduras
   -----------------------
                              Railways: total: 595 km
                                        narrow gauge: 318 km 1.067-m gauge;
                                        277 km 0.914-m gauge (2000)
                              Highways: total: 15,400 km
                                        paved: 3,126 km
                                        unpaved: 12,274 km (1999 est.)
                             Waterways: 465 km (navigable by small craft)
                     Ports and harbors: La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto
                                        Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela, Puerto
                                        Lempira
                       Merchant marine: total: 284 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 749,243 GRT/846,942 DWT
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Argentina 1, Bahrain 1,
                                        Belize 1, British Virgin Islands 1,
                                        Bulgaria 1, China 8, Costa Rica 1,
                                        Cyprus 1, Egypt 6, El Salvador 1,
                                        Germany 1, Greece 18, Hong Kong 3,
                                        Indonesia 2, Italy 1, Japan 7,
                                        Lebanon 4, Liberia 4, Maldives 2,
                                        Marshall Islands 1, Mexico 1,
                                        Nigeria 1, Norway 1, Panama 14,
                                        Philippines 1, Romania 2, Russia 1,
                                        Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint
                                        Vincent and the Grenadines 1,
                                        Singapore 24, South Korea 12, Spain
                                        1, Syria 1, Taiwan 4, Tanzania 1,
                                        Trinidad and Tobago 1, Turkey 2,
                                        Turks and Caicos Islands 1, United
                                        Arab Emirates 6, United Kingdom 1,
                                        United States 5, Vanuatu 1, Vietnam
                                        1, Virgin Islands (UK) 1 (2002 est.)
  
                                        ships by type: bulk 20, cargo 166,
                                        chemical tanker 5, container 6,
                                        livestock carrier 1, passenger 3,
                                        passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker
                                        54, refrigerated cargo 12, roll on/
                                        roll off 8, short-sea passenger 4,
                                        specialized tanker 1, vehicle
                                        carrier 1
                              Airports: 117 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 12
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 3
                                        under 914 m: 4 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 105
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 20
                                        under 914 m: 83 (2001)
  
   Military Honduras
   -----------------
                     Military branches: Army, Navy (including marines), Air
                                        Force
      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,563,174 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 930,718 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 72,335 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $35 million (FY99)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 0.6% (FY99)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Honduras
   -----------------------------
              Disputes - international: Honduras claims Sapodilla Cays off
                                        the coast of Belize; El Salvador
                                        disputes tiny Conejo Island off
                                        Honduras in the Golfo de Fonseca;
                                        many of the "bolsones" (disputed
                                        areas) along the El Salvador-
                                        Honduras boundary remain
                                        undemarcated despite ICJ
                                        adjudication in 1992; with respect
                                        to the maritime boundary in the
                                        Golfo de Fonseca, the ICJ referred
                                        to the line determined by the 1900
                                        Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary
                                        Commission and advised a tripartite
                                        resolution among El Salvador,
                                        Honduras, and Nicaragua; Nicaragua
                                        filed a claim against Honduras in
                                        1999 and against Colombia in 2001 at
                                        the ICJ over disputed maritime
                                        boundary involving 50,000 sq km in
                                        the Caribbean Sea, including the
                                        Archipelago de San Andres y
                                        Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank
                         Illicit drugs: transshipment point for drugs and
                                        narcotics; illicit producer of
                                        cannabis, cultivated on small plots
                                        and used principally for local
                                        consumption; corruption is a major
                                        problem; vulnerable to money
                                        laundering
  
                                       



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