Honduras

subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains

Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua

823 km (Caribbean Sea 669 km; Gulf of Fonseca 163 km)

900 sq km (2012)

Central America and the Caribbean

frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast

has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast

timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower

slightly larger than Tennessee

15 00 N, 86 30 W

most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; Honduras is the only Central American nation with an urban population that is distributed between two large centers, the capital of Tegucigalpa and the city of San Pedro Sula; the Rio Ulua valley in the north is the only densely populated lowland area