Honduras

About Honduras

Honduras is a country in Central America, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Honduras. In Arabic, the name is written هندوراس, and the capital تيغوسيغالبا. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.

The capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa. Tegucigalpa lies at about 14° north and 87° west. The official language of Honduras is Spanish. Its currency is the Honduran Lempira, with the symbol ⁨L⁩ and the international code HNL.

Honduras covers about 112,492 square kilometres, which puts it 101st by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. The largest of these neighbours by area is Nicaragua. Other countries in Central America include Panama, Costa Rica, and Belize. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Nicaragua and El Salvador, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Honduras with the other countries of the same region.