coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
External Debt
$4,884,000,000 $
$1,466,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.2059 (2008 est.), 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%
3.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
46
Location
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Area
112,090 km sq
7,741,220 km sq
Coastline
820 km
25,760 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north