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Etymology. The lempira was named after the 16th-century cacique Lempira, a ruler of the indigenous Lenca people, who is renowned in Honduran folklore for leading the local native resistance against the Spanish conquistador forces. He is a national hero and is honored on both the 1 lempira note and the 20 and 50 centavos coins.
Honduran lempira. HNL ( ISO 4217) Reserves. 3 600 million USD [1] Website. www .bch .hn. The Central Bank of Honduras ( Spanish: Banco Central de Honduras) was established on 1 July 1950. [2] The president of the bank is appointed by President of Honduras for a term of four years. [3] The current bank president is Rebeca Santos.
The economy of Honduras is based mostly on agriculture, which accounts for 14% of its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013. The country's leading export is coffee (US$340 million), which accounted for 22% of the total Honduran export revenues. Bananas, formerly the country's second-largest export until being virtually wiped out by 1998's ...
Bananas are one of Honduras's main exports. Banana production in Honduras plays an important role in the economy of Honduras. In 1992, the revenue generated from banana sales amounted to US$287 million and along with the coffee industry accounted for some 50% of exports. [1] [2] Honduras produced 861,000 tons of bananas in 1999. [3]
The "National Anthem of Honduras" ( Spanish: Himno Nacional de Honduras) was adopted by presidential decree 42 in 1915. The lyrics were written by Augusto Constantino Coello and the music composed by Carlos Hartling . Unofficially, the anthem is sometimes called " Tu bandera es un lampo de cielo " ("Your flag is a splendour of sky"), which is ...
Political parties. Elections. The National Party of Honduras ( PNH; Spanish: Partido Nacional de Honduras) is a conservative political party in Honduras founded on 27 February 1902, by Manuel Bonilla Chirinos. Historically it has been one of the two most influential parties in the country. The party's platform is based on Christian humanist ...
Tegucigalpa (UK: / t ɛ ˌ ɡ uː s ɪ ˈ ɡ æ l p ə / US: / t ə ˌ-/ Spanish: [teɣusiˈɣalpa])—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District (Spanish: Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.), and colloquially referred to as Tegus or Teguz —is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comayagüela.
The Republic of Honduras is organized according to Title I: On the State [1] of the Honduran Constitution of 1982. According to Title V: Branches of the Government, [2] the three administrative branches are the legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative branch is the Congress of Deputies, which is elected by direct vote.