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General Information Area: 112,492 sq km (43,433 sq miles). Population: 6,597,100 (official estimate 2000). Population Density: 58.6 per sq km. Capital: Tegucigalpa. Population: 1,037,600 (official estimate 2000). GEOGRAPHY: Honduras shares borders in the southeast with Nicaragua, in the west with Guatemala, and in the southwest with El Salvador. To the north lies the Caribbean and to the south the Pacific Ocean. The interior of the country comprises a central mountain system running from east to west, cut by rivers flowing into both the Caribbean and Pacific. The lowlands in the south form a plain along the Pacific coast. The Gulf of Fonseca in the southwest contains many islands which have volcanic peaks. The large fertile valleys of the northern Caribbean lowlands are cultivated with banana plantations. However, large areas of land in Honduras are unsuitable for cultivation. The majority of the population lives in the western half of the country, while the second-largest concentration of people is in the Cortés area which extends northwards from Lake Yojoa towards the Caribbean. Government: Republic. Head of State and Government: President Ricardo Maduro Joest since 2002. Language: The official language is Spanish. English is widely spoken by the West Indian settlers in the north and on the Bay Islands off the Caribbean coast. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Time: GMT - 6. Electricity: 110/120/220 volts AC, 60Hz. Communications:   Telephone IDD is available. Country code: 504. Outgoing international code: 00. Mobile telephone Celtel is the main network provider (website: www.celtel.net). No GSM network exists at present. Fax Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones (HONDUTEL) offers a service. Internet ISPs include NetSys (website: www.netsys.hn). E-mail can be accessed in Internet cafes in major towns. Telegram Ordinary and letter telegrams (minimum 22 words) may be sent. Post Airmail to Western Europe takes between four and seven days. Post office hours: Mon-Sat 0800-1200 and 1400-1800. Press Daily newspapers are in Spanish, and include El Heraldo, La Prensa, La Tribuna and El Tiempo. The weekly Honduras This Week is published in English. BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies: From time to time these change. BBC (website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice): MHz 15.19 12.10 6.195 5.975 Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov): MHz 13.79 9.455 6.130 5.995 From www.columbusguides.com, Copyright © 2004 Highbury Columbus Travel Publishing Terms and Conditions apply.