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from: LetsGoHonduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: República de Honduras),
is a republic in Central America. It was at times referred to as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize. Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, prior to being conquered by Spain in the sixteenth century. Honduras is known for its rich natural resources, including various minerals, coffee, tropical fruit, and sugar cane, as well as for its growing textiles industry, which serves the international market. The region is considered a biodiversity hotspot because of the numerous plant and animal species found there and like other countries in the region, contains vast biological resources. Honduras hosts more than 6,000 species of vascular plants, of which 630 (described so far) are orchids; around 250 reptiles and amphibians, more than 700 bird species, and 110 mammal species, of which half are bats.
Honduras, oficialmente República das Honduras, (em espanhol: Republica de Honduras),
é um país da América Central, limitado a norte pelo Golfo das Honduras, e a leste pelo Mar das Caraíbas (por onde possui fronteira marítima com o território colombiano de San Andrés e Providencia), a sul pela Nicarágua, pelo Golfo de Fonseca e por El Salvador e a oeste pela Guatemala. O país abrigou várias culturas indígenas importantes, mais notavelmente os Maias. Cristóvão Colombo foi o primeiro europeu a visitar as Islas de la Bahía, na costa do país, desembarcando perto da atual cidade de Trujillo. O território de Honduras é muito acidentado, formando-se por montanhas, planaltos, vales profundos e planícies extensas e férteis, atravessadas por rios navegáveis. Tudo isso contribui para a sua rica biodiversidade. Estima-se que existam cerca de 8.000 espécies de plantas, 250 répteis e anfíbios, mais de 70.015 espécies de aves e 110 espécies de mamíferos, distribuídos em diferentes regiões ecológicas em Honduras.