Capital:
Tegucigalpa
Head of state: Roberto
Micheletti
Languages: Spanish
Currency: Lempira (HNL)
Population: 7.828Millions
Surface area: 112,492km2
GDP: US$14.581Billion
GDP per capita: US$1,862.598
Inflation: 10.83%
Value of exports (2008):
US$2.756Billion
Exports of percentage of GDP:
18.90%
Largest companies: Banco
Atlantida, Elcosa, Telcel (Telefonica Celular),
Top business schools: Universidad
Metropolitana de Honduras,Universidad de
San Pedro Sula
Literary rate: 80%
Energy consumption per capita (kg of oil
equivalents pr capita2001): 278 (source:
UN Common Database)
Sources of energy: fuel
wood and biomass (mostly waste products
from agricultural production)
Contact: Foundation of
Investment and Development of Exports
www.hondurasinfo.hn
Secretary of Industry and Commerce
www.sic.gob.hn
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