Honduras

About Honduras

Honduras stretches across the heart of Central America, from a long Caribbean coastline to a narrow Pacific outlet on the Gulf of Fonseca. Its hilly capital, Tegucigalpa, sits in a highland valley once mined for silver. The country embraces the great Maya city of Copán, misty cloud forests, and the Bay Islands, which lie along one of the world's largest barrier reef systems.

• ·The Hieroglyphic Stairway at the Maya city of Copán bears the longest known Maya inscription, a text of some 2,200 carved glyphs.
• ·Residents of Yoro celebrate the 'Lluvia de Peces,' a local tradition holding that fish rain from the sky after fierce seasonal storms.
• ·The five stars on the Honduran flag represent the five nations of the former Federal Republic of Central America.

Mastery

1. Capital
2. Flag
3. Shape
4. Drop
5. Borders
6. Population
7. Landmark

Neighbours

• Guatemala
• Nicaragua
• El Salvador