Part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became as 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.
Demographic Data
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 68.7%
Government efficiency: 59.9%
Population's support to government: 69.2%
Area: 111,890 square kilometers
Habitable land: 80.0%
Farmable land: 14.0%
Total population: 5,459 thousands
Population's growth: 2.7%
Country's development level: 5,760
Economic Data
GNP: 9,700,000,000
Industralisation: 43.9%
International funding: 24,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 1,980
Military Data
Technological generation: 1
Number of rebels: 764
Rebels development: 5,184
Rebels technological access: 4,031