HONDURAS
   
GEOGRAPHY - HONDURAS


Honduras is located at the limit of Nicaragua in the south East, Guatemala in the West and El Salvador in the Western South.
The Northern coast of the country is bordered by the Caribbean Sea and the coast Southern by the Pacific Ocean.
A central mountainous system which traverses all the country of Is in West is crossed by rivers which emerge in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
The low grounds of the Southern part form a plain along the coast of the Pacific. In the Gulf of Fonseca, in the Western South, there are many islands and volcanos.
The large fertile valleys of the low grounds located close to the Caribbean Sea are mainly dedicated to the culture of bananas. However, there are also great extents of Honduran grounds which are not suited to agriculture.
The majority of the population are concentrated in the Western half of the country. The zone which is around Puerto Cortés, which extends from the Lake Yojoa towards North to the Caribbean Sea is populated also enough.

 
 
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