Honduras refers to the democratic republic that is located in Central America. In earlier times it was called as Spanish Honduras in order to make a distinction from British Honduras. The border to the country on the west is provided by Guatemala, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, to the southwest by El Salvador as well as to the south by the Pacific Ocean.
Honduras is comprised of five political parties that are registered called as Social Christians, PNH, PLH, Democrat Unification as well as Social Democrats. The control of the country had been resting with the PNH and PLH for a span of many decades. Honduras consisted of five Liberal presidents namely Carlos Roberto Reina, Carlos Roberto Flores, Roberto Suazo Cordova, Manuel Zelaya, and Jose Azcona del Hoyo, as well as two Nationalists called as Ricardo Maduro and Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero.
The division of Honduras is done into 18 departments. Its capital city is Tegucigalpa Central District of the department of Francisco Morazan. The sport that is enjoyed the most in Honduras is football. The national holidays of Honduras are comprised of celebration of Children's Day or Dia del Nino on September 10 and Honduras Independence Day on September 15.
They enjoy many other holidays as Good Friday, Day of the Soldier, Easter, Maundy Thursday, New Year's Eve, Christmas as well as El Dia de Lempira on July 20. Hondurans are also called as Catracho or Catracha in the Spanish language. The publication of Honduras This Week, which is the English language newspaper circulated weekly in Tegucigalpa for a span of seventeen years.
The application of coconut is made in a major way in the sweet, savory foods as well as in soups that forms part of Honduran cuisine. Jose Antonio Velasquez is the famous Honduran painter. There exist many other popular painters as Roque Zelaya and Carlos Garay. The famous writers who are found in Honduras include Ramon Amaya Amador as well as Froylan Turcios. The well known musicians are Guillermo Anderson, Victor Donaire, Rafael Coello Ramos, Lidia Handal, Camilo Rivera Guevara and many more.
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