Infobox Former Country native name conventional long name BritishHonduras common name Honduras continent ... flag Flag of BritishHonduras image map LocationBelize.svg national anthem God Save the Queen ... until today. BritishHonduras was a United Kingdom British colony that is now the independent nation ... of Belize in the Bay of Honduras was declared a British colony called BritishHonduras, and the crown ... and Q eqchi people Kekch Maya fled from forced labour in Guatemala and came to BritishHonduras. They settled in several villages in southern BritishHonduras, mainly around San Antonio in Toledo District ... who returned to BritishHonduras in the 19th century became incorporated into the colony ... of administering the new colony of BritishHonduras increased, at a time when the economy ... members, governed BritishHonduras. This constitutional change confirmed and completed a change ..., became landowners. BritishHonduras had vast areas of sparsely populated, unused land. Nevertheless ... , Maya, and Mestizos who pioneered agriculture in 19th century BritishHonduras. These groups either ... consolidation of capital and the intensification of British landownership. The BritishHonduras ... in BritishHonduras s political economy for over a century. ref name cs ref name cs This concentration ... commerce in BritishHonduras was in the hands of a clique of Scottish and German merchants, most of them newcomers. This clique encouraged consumption of imported goods and thus furthered BritishHonduras ... by labour contractors in BritishHonduras. A short lived boom in the mahogany trade occurred around ... connections in BritishHonduras and London. Since 1875 various members of the Hoare family had ... and enabled BritishHonduras s infant trade unions to pursue the struggle for improving labour conditions ... voters was reduced from thirty to twenty one years. The devaluation of the BritishHonduras dollar ... BritishHonduras achieved suffrage for all literate adults as a result of the emerging independence ... more details
The Confederate Settlements in BritishHonduras are a cultural and ethnic sub group in Belize , formerly known as the colony of BritishHonduras . They are the descendants of Confederate States of America Confederates who fled to BritishHonduras with their families during and after the American Civil War . As the American Civil War erupted, colonial leaders saw an opportunity to profit from the sale of arms and weapons to the Confederate States. Soon a profitable trade in arms to Americans boosted the colonial economy and BritishHonduras became sympathetic to the Confederate cause. The colonial governor and other officials were also interested in recruiting American Southerners who were knowledgeable in cotton and sugar . Confederate immigrants were offered substantial subsidies and tax breaks. General Robert E. Lee and former Mississippi Governor John J. McRae advised Southerners not to flee to Central America but many ignored their advice and attempted to establish a new plantation economy in the English speaking colony. Many Southerners who took the governor s offers of land at a reduced price were wanted by American authorities for crimes, and many had simply lost everything during the war. Evidence suggests that more Confederates fled to BritishHonduras than any other destination, in part because they could easily acclimate to the English speaking colony. This is also the reason ..., Jr. , published a book in 2001 about this now famous episode in American and British Honduran history. ref Simmons, Donald C. Confederate Settlements in BritishHonduras , McFarland and Company Publishers ... Confederate Settlements in BritishHonduras. References reflist External links http www.lib.usm.edu ... Website listing some of the family names of immigrants to BritishHonduras. Category Confederate States ... climate and ravenous insects stifled the effort. Some of the most famous Confederates who went to BritishHonduras were Colin J. McRae, former Confederate Financial Agent in Europe and Joseph Benjamin ... more details
This is a list of viceroys in BritishHonduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony s independence in 1981 . Until 1862 , the territory was under the vice regency of the Governor of Jamaica , and administered by a Superintendent. After this is was a colony in its own right, and administered by a Lieutenant Governor, still subordinate to Jamaica. In 1884, the colony gained its own governor, independent of Jamaica. In 1973 the colony s name was changed to Belize and in 1981 it gained independence. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor General of Belize . Superintendents of BritishHonduras 1742 1862 Robert Hodgson, Sr. , 1749 1758 Joseph Otway , 1760 1767 Robert Hodgson, Jr. , 1767 1775 John Ferguson superintendent John Ferguson , 1776 James Lawrie politician James Lawrie , 1776 10 March 1787 Edward Marcus Despard , 1787 June 1790 Peter Hunter , June 1790 March 1791 vacant Thomas Barrow superintendent Thomas Barrow , January 1797 1800, first time Richard Basset superintendent Richard Basset , 1800 1802 Thomas Barrow superintendent Thomas Barrow , January 1803 1805, second time Gabriel Gordon , 1805 1806 Alexander Mark Kerr Hamilton , 1806 1809 John Nugent Smyth , 1809 1814 George Arthur , 1814 1822 A. H. Pye , 1822 1823 Edward Codd , 1823 1829 Archibald MacDonald , 1829 1830, first time Francis Cockburn , 1830 1837 Archibald MacDonald , 1837 1843, second time Charles St. John Fancourt , 1843 1851 Philip Edmond Wodehouse , 1851 ... Lieutenant Governors of BritishHonduras 1862 1884 In 1862 , the territory became a crown colony ... , 1877 1883 Robert William Harley , 13 May 1883 1884 Governors of BritishHonduras 1884 1973 In 1884 ... 1973 1981 On 1 June 1973, the colony of BritishHonduras was renamed Belize. Sir Richard Neil Posnett ... rulb1.html belize Category Politics of the Caribbean Governors of BritishHonduras Category Colonial governors of the West Indies BritishHonduras ... more details
Infobox Country Olympics NOC HBR flagcaption Flag of BritishHonduras games 1968 Summer competitors sports flagbearer summerappearances 1968 BritishHonduras at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 seealso flagIOC BIZ 1976 BritishHonduras now Belize competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , Mexico . Some speculated that the Tlatelolco massacre would discourage BritishHonduras s participation in the Games, but the British Honduran athletes persevered. They won no medals, however. References http www.aafla.org 5va reports frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports NOCin1968SummerOlympics Category Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category Belize at the Olympics 1968 Belize sport stub 1968 Olympic stub nl Brits Honduras op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1968 no Britisk Honduras under Sommer OL 1968 ru 1968 th 1968 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Politics of Belize A legislative election was held in BritishHonduras on 26 March 1961. Citizens elected 18 members to the Legislative Assembly. The ruling People s United Party PUP won all 18 Assembly seats. Election results BritishHonduras legislative election, 1961 Belizean elections DEFAULTSORT BritishHonduras Legislative Election, 1961 Category 1961 elections in North America Category Elections in Belize Category 1961 in Belize ... more details
Infobox Country Olympics NOC HBR flagcaption Flag of BritishHonduras games 1972 Summer competitors sports flagbearer summerappearances BritishHonduras at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1968 1972 seealso flagIOC BIZ 1976 BritishHonduras now Belize competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , West Germany . References http www.aafla.org 5va reports frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports NOCin1972SummerOlympics Category Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category Belize at the Olympics 1972 Category 1972 in Belize Belize sport stub 1972 Olympic stub nl Brits Honduras op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1972 no Britisk Honduras under Sommer OL 1972 ru 1972 th 1972 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Politics of Belize A legislative election was held in BritishHonduras on March 20, 1957. The ruling People s United Party won all nine seats contested. This was the first of two occasions they would sweep the House. These were the last elections for both the Honduran Independence Party and National Party Belize National Party . BritishHonduras legislative election, 1957 Belizean elections DEFAULTSORT BritishHonduras Legislative Election, 1957 Category 1957 elections in North America Category Elections in Belize Category 1957 in Belize ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2008 Politics of Belize A legislative election was held in BritishHonduras in December 1969 . Citizens elected 18 members to the House of Representatives for a term of five years. The ruling People s United Party PUP won the largest share 17 of seats in the election. Election results BritishHonduras legislative election, 1969 Belizean elections Category 1969 elections in North America Category Elections in Belize Category 1969 in Belize ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Politics of Belize A legislative election was held in Belize on 1 March 1965. Belizeans elected 18 members to the House of Representatives of Belize House of Representatives for a term of five years. The ruling People s United Party PUP won 16 of 18 seats in the election. British Honduras legislative election, 1965 Belizean elections DEFAULTSORT British Honduras Legislative Election, 1965 Category 1965 elections in North America Category Elections in Belize Category 1965 in Belize ... more details
Politics of Belize A legislative election was held in BritishHonduras in 28 April 1954. Citizens elected 9 members to the Legislative Assembly. These were the first elections in BritishHonduras later Belize held under universal adult suffrage . The People s United Party PUP , in a coalition with the General Workers Union Belize General Workers Union GWU , won the largest share 8 of seats in the election. Election results BritishHonduras legislative election, 1954 References Who and What in Belezean Elections 1954 to 1993 By I. Myrtle Palacio, 1993 copyright Glessima Research and Services Ltd., Belize Belizean elections Category 1954 elections in North America Category Elections in Belize Category 1954 in Belize ... more details
, as of July 2007. Honduras IPAc en icon En us Honduras.ogg h n d r s lang es Rep blica de Honduras , IPA es re pu lika e on du as pron literally Republic of Depths is a republic in Central America . It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from BritishHonduras now Belize ...lead too short date November 2010 pp move indef Infobox country conventional long name Republic of Honduras native name Rep blica de Honduras small es icon small common name Honduras image flag Flag of Honduras.svg image coat Coat of arms of Honduras.svg image map Honduras orthographic projection .svg ... small national anthem National Anthem of Honduras official languages Spanish language Spanish ... Constitutional republic leader title1 President of Honduras President leader name1 Porfirio Lobo Sosa leader title2 Vice President of Honduras Vice President leader name2 Mar a Antonieta de Bogr n leader title3 President of the National Congress of Honduras President of the National Congress leader name3 Juan Orlando Hern ndez leader title4 Supreme Court of Honduras President of the Supreme Court ... date3 5 November 1828 as Honduras area rank ordinal 102 area magnitude 1 E10 area km2 112,492 area sq ...&s NGDPD 2CNGDPDPC 2CPPPGDP 2CPPPPC 2CLP&grp 0&a &pr.x 35&pr.y 19 title Honduras publisher International ... Archeological Investigations in the Bay Islands, Spanish Honduras publisher Aboututila.com date accessdate ... by the Gulf of Honduras , a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea . Its size is just over ... of which were found floating in the waters off the northwest coast of Honduras. Honduras literally ... a Dios que hemos salido de esas Honduras English Thank God we have come out of those depths while along ... William last Davidson title Honduras, An Atlas of Historical Maps publisher Fundacion UNO, Colecci n ... 47 6 year 2006 page 313 ref Honduras from fondura , a Leonese language word meaning anchorage which ... applied to the bay of Trujillo. It was not until the end of the 16th century that Honduras was used ... more details
www.cia.gov library publications the world factbook geos ho.html title Honduras work The World Factbook publisher United States Central Intelligence Agency accessdate July 23, 2009 ref Honduras was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from BritishHonduras now Belize . ref http ...double image right Honduras flag 300.png 224 Coat of arms of Honduras.svg 101 The Flag of Honduras The Coat of arms of Honduras Image LocationHonduras.svg thumb The location of Honduras Image Un honduras.png thumb An enlargeable map of the Republic of Honduras See also Index of Honduras related articles List of Honduras related topics The Republic of Honduras is a List of sovereign states sovereign ... in the Bay Islands, Spanish Honduras Bot generated title ref The country is bordered to the west ... Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca , and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras , a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea . The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Honduras TOC limit limit 2 General reference Image Honduras rel 1985.jpg thumb An enlargeable relief map of Honduras Pronunciation IPA en h n dj r s Common English country name Honduras Official English country name The Republic of Honduras Common endonym s List of countries and capitals in native languages ... Name of Honduras International rankings of Honduras ISO country codes HN, HND, 340 ISO region codes See ISO 3166 2 HN Internet country code top level domain .hn Geography of Honduras Image Honduras Topography.png thumb An enlargeable topographic map of Honduras Main Geography of HondurasHonduras ... points of Honduras High Cerro Las Minas convert 2870 m ft 0 abbr on Low Caribbean Sea and North ... 256 km Coastline 820 km Population of Honduras 7,106,000 List of countries by population 97th most populous country Area of Honduras 112,492  km sup 2 sup commons Atlas of Honduras Atlas of Honduras Environment of Honduras Image Honduras OnEarth WMS.jpg thumb An enlargeable satellite image ... more details
rulers of Honduras, was the activity of the British in northern Honduras, a region over which they had ... strong in the Bay Islands, Honduras Bay Islands , and alliances between the British and Miskito ...Cleanup date February 2007 Refimprove date September 2010 History of HondurasHonduras was already occupied ... western Honduras was occupied by the Maya people the western central part of Honduras was inhabited ... Background Note Honduras publisher Department of State ref Pre Columbian era In pre Columbian times, modern Honduras was part of the Mesoamerica n cultural area. In the west, the Maya civilization flourished for hundreds of years. The dominant state within Honduras s borders was that based in Cop n ... 9th century. The Maya of this civilization survive in western Honduras as the Ch orti people Ch .... Conquest Period Christopher Columbus landed on the mainland near modern Trujillo, Honduras Trujillo in 1502 and named the country Honduras Depths for the deep waters off its coast. In January 1524, Cort s directed captain Crist bal de Olid to establish a colony for him in Honduras. Olid sailed ... he was to found as his own. Olid sailed from Cuba to the coast of Honduras, coming ashore east ..., Francisco de las Casas , along with several ships to Honduras to remove Olid and claim the area for Cort s ... and Honduras. His ships limped into the bay at Triunfo, where Olid had established his headquarters ... at Naco. In the meantime, Cort s had marched overland from Mexico to Honduras, arriving in 1525. Cort s ... in 1528. During the period leading up to the conquest of Honduras by Pedro de Alvarado , many indigenous people along the north coast of Honduras were captured and taken as slaves to work on Spain ... currency . Colonial Honduras File San Fernando de Omoa Fortress, Honduras.jpg thumb right 195px Fortress ... all contributed to expanded settlement and increased economic activity in Honduras. In late 1540, Honduras looked to be heading towards development and prosperity, thanks to the establishment ... more details
The most popular sport in Honduras is Football soccer football , the governing body of football in Honduras is the Federaci n Nacional Aut noma de F tbol de Honduras . Honduras has taken part in the Summer Olympics eight times, and the Winter Olympics in 1992. Other sports played in Honduras include tennis , baseball and American football . Sport in North America Sport in Central and South America and the Caribbean See also Honduras at the Olympics References Reflist Category Sport in Honduras es Deportes en Honduras pt Esporte em HondurasHonduras sport stub ... more details
Vallecillo is a municipality in the Honduras Honduran Departments of Honduras department of Francisco Moraz n department Francisco Moraz n . Honduras geo stub Francisco Moraz n Department coord 14 31 0 N 87 24 0 W type adm2nd region HN source nlwiki display title Category Populated places in Honduras Category Municipalities of the Francisco Moraz n Department es Vallecillo Honduras it Vallecillo Honduras nl Vallecillo Honduras Populated Place, Long 87.65, Lat 14.7 ... more details
Internet in Honduras is common in all the major centers of population, with broadband Internet access common. Honduras had an estimated 100 Internet Service Providers supplying an estimated 400,000 users in 2005 and all major media have an Internet presence. Hondutel provides dial up Internet access . Category Telecommunications in Honduras Category Internet by country Honduras Category Science and technology in HondurasHonduras stub ... more details
St. Vincent to Central America especially Honduras , Belize , Guatemala , and also in Nicaragua in 1802 by the Udsffnited Kingdom British when they conquered St. Vincent. The Garifunas kept themselves ... music in modern Honduras, the country has produced several well known musicians such as Curtis Jackson ... s Kids , El Pez, Montuca SoundSystem and Evolucion Neutra . A few famous bands originally from Honduras ... in recent years, and Honduras has emerged as a leading producer of artists. Notable artists ... There is a Orquesta Sinf nica Nacional de Honduras a national orchestra and the College for Fine Arts ... where honduras.htm Comparison of Honduras to the United States CentralAmericanmusic LatinAmericanmusic ... of Guatemala Guatemala Honduras music of Mexico Mexico music of Morocco Morocco music of Nicaragua Nicaragua ... topic Music of DEFAULTSORT Music Of Honduras Category Honduran music es M sica en Honduras ... more details
Other uses Sabanagrande disambiguation Sabanagrande is a municipality in the Honduras Honduran Departments of Honduras department of Francisco Moraz n department Francisco Moraz n People make a living by planting corn and beans and selling them on the market. Many people also sell rosquillas. Cattle is also raised and cheese and other products are sold. Honduras geo stub Francisco Moraz n Department coord 13 48 N 87 16 W display title region HN type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Honduras Category Municipalities of the Francisco Moraz n Department es Sabanagrande Honduras it Sabanagrande Honduras lt Sabanagrand nl Sabanagrande Honduras pt Sabanagrande ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 For the California community Gualala, California Gualala is a municipality in the Honduras Honduran Departments of Honduras department of Santa B rbara department Santa B rbara . Coord 15 01 N 88 014 W source nlwiki region HN scale 50000 display title Santa B rbara Department Category Populated places in Honduras Category Municipalities of the Santa B rbara Department Honduras geo stub es Gualala it Gualala nl Gualala Honduras pt Gualala ... more details
Politics of Honduras Elections in Honduras gives information on election s and election results in politics of HondurasHonduras . Honduras elects on national level a head of state &ndash the president &ndash and a legislature . The President of Honduras is elected for a four year year term by the people by a simple majority of valid votes nulls and blanks excluded . The unicameral Congress of Honduras National Congress Congreso Nacional has 128 members diputados , elected for four year term by proportional representation to represent the country s various Departments of Honduras departments . Honduras presidential elections are held on the last Sunday of November of the election year. Registration and voting is mandatory. The Honduran general election, 2009 last presidential elections occurred on November 29, 2009. Honduras has a two party system , which means that there are two dominant political parties the Liberal Party of Honduras PLH and the National Party of Honduras PNH . The other three registered parties, which all produce a candidate for the Presidential election, are the Democratic Unification Party PUD , the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras DC and the Innovation and Unity Party PINU Recent elections Main Honduran general election, 2009 Disputed in the wake of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis Main Honduran general election, 2005 2005 Presidential election Honduras presidential elections, 2005 2005 Parliamentary election Honduras legislative elections, 2005 Past elections Honduran elections See also Electoral calendar Electoral system External links http psephos.adam carr.net countries h honduras Adam Carr s Election Archive for Honduras http www.nuevamayoria.com ES INVESTIGACIONES politico electoral 050726.html Panorama Presidencial on NuevaMayoria.com in Spanish North America topic Elections in Category Elections in Honduras ... more details
Refimprove date October 2009 Crime is one of the many social problems of everyday life in the Central American nation of Honduras . Over the years, Honduras has been experiencing an increase in armed robberies and firearm violence. There are reports that since the 2009 Honduran coup d tat , there has been a large increase in crime and violence. ref CounterPunch , 16 August 2010, http www.counterpunch.org reichard08162010.html US Embraces Honduran Thugocracy ref Street Crime Poverty, gangs, and low apprehension and conviction rates of criminals contribute to a high crime rate. There have been reports of men carrying firearms and machetes, which has led to violence several times. ref name Honduras Security Briefing http www.honduras information.hotelhonduras.com Honduras security crime.html Honduras Security Briefing ref Since Honduras has a large tourist industry, tourists have been often been targeted victims of crime, such as robbery. In San Pedro Sula , armed robberies against tourist vans, minibuses and cars traveling from the airport to area hotels. Dangerous Areas The Olancho Department is said to be one of the most violent areas in Honduras. ref name Honduras Security Briefing See also Illegal drug trade in Honduras References reflist Crime in North America Honduras stub Category Crime in Honduras ... more details
Pimienta is a municipality in the Honduras Honduran Departments of Honduras department of Cort s department Cort s . Pimienta means Capsicum pepper in Spanish language Spanish . Honduras geo stub Cort s Department coord 15 17 N 87 58 W source nlwiki region HN scale 50000 type adm2nd display title Category Populated places in Honduras Category Municipalities of the Cort s Department it Pimienta nl Pimienta pt Pimienta ... more details
In Honduras , prostitution itself is not illegal, but facilitating and promoting the prostitution of another are illegal brothels and prostitution rings are illegal . ref http www.state.gov g drl rls hrrpt 2008 wha 119164.htm ref Honduras, like many Latin American countries, has to deal with child sex tourism . ref http www.state.gov g drl rls hrrpt 2006 78896.htm State.gov, 2006 article ref References Cleanup link rot date March 2011 reflist External links http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,1101990215 19907,00.html Tourists Who Prey On Kids http findarticles.com p articles mi hb5037 is 200503 ai n18256767 Unwanted tourists Honduras. Honduras s sex tourism http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi world americas 613241.stm Honduras jails US sex criminals http www.chinadaily.com.cn en doc 2003 11 25 content 284539.htm Honduran First Lady seeks to rescue street children North America in topic Prostitution in Category Prostitution by country Honduras Category Honduran society Honduras stub ... more details
Televicentro o TVC is a television station in Honduras . located in the capital Tegucigalpa . It was founded in 1987 in order to unite as one business the three television channels Canal 5 , Canales 3 y 7 and Telecadena 7 y 4 . References ref http www.televicentrotv.net new corp historia.php Televicentro ref references External links http www.televicentrotv.net new tvconline index.htm Official site Honduran television stations Honduras stub Category Television in Honduras Category Spanish language television stations es Televicentro Honduras it Televicentro Honduras ... more details
America El Salvador , Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Honduras , and Guatemala and the hope that the nations ... of the Military of Honduras Honduran Navy fly as a naval ensign a version of the national flag in which the five star emblem is replaced by the coat of arms of Honduras above an inverted arch of five small blue stars. External links FOTW id hn title Honduras Flags of North America nationalflags to edit this table, go to Template Nationalflags DEFAULTSORT Honduras, Flag of Category National flags Category National symbols of Honduras Flag Category 1866 establishments Flag of HondurasHonduras stub flag stub af Vlag van Honduras ar az Honduras bayra bs Zastava Hondurasa ca Bandera d Hondures cs Hondurask vlajka de Flagge von Honduras et Hondurase lipp el es Bandera de Honduras eo Flago de Honduro fr Drapeau du Honduras ko hi hr Zastava Hondurasa bpy id Bendera Honduras it Bandiera dell Honduras he sw Bendera ya Honduras lt Hond ro v liava hu Honduras z szlaja mk nah p n Honduras nds Flagg vun Honduras nl Vlag van Honduras ja no Honduras flagg pl Flaga Hondurasu pt Bandeira das Honduras ru sco Banner o Honduras sq Flamuri i Hondurasit sk Vlajka Hondurasu sr sh Zastava Hondurasa fi Hondurasin lippu sv Honduras flagga th tr Honduras bayra uk yo Flag of Honduras zh ... more details