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Website. www .laprensa .hn. La Prensa ( lit. 'The Press') is a Honduran newspaper founded on 26 October 1964, by Organización Publicitaria, S.A., whose publications also include El Heraldo and Diario Deportivo Diez. In 2008, La Prensa reported its audited circulation as 61,000 units. [1] It has full color and tabloid-sized pages.
Amapala. / 13.29222°N 87.65389°W / 13.29222; -87.65389. Amapala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Valle . It is formed by El Tigre Island and its satellite islets and rocks in the Gulf of Fonseca. It has an area of 75.2 km 2 (29.0 sq mi) and a population of 2,482 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 people were living on ...
Bay Islands Department. / 16.29083°N 86.41083°W / 16.29083; -86.41083. The Bay Islands ( Spanish: Islas de la Bahía; pronounced [ˈislas de la βaˈi.a]) is a group of islands off the coast of Honduras. Collectively, the islands form one of the 18 departments of Honduras. The departmental capital is Coxen Hole, on the island of Roatán .
Honduran folklore. Rain god Chaac ar the Mayan Sculpture Museum, Honduran Folklore has been shaped in part by the influence of other pre-Columbian myths. Honduras has rich folk traditions that derive from the fusion of four different cultural groups: indigenous, European, African and Creole. Each department or region, municipality, village and ...
La Mosquitia is the easternmost part of Honduras along the Mosquito Coast, which extends into northeastern Nicaragua. [ 1] It is a region of tropical rainforest, pine savannah, and marsh that is accessible primarily by water and air. Its population includes indigenous and ethnic groups such as the Tawahka, Miskito, Pech, Rama, Sumo, Garífuna ...
The wealth of cultural expression in Honduras owes its origins primarily to being a part of Latin America but also to the multi- ethnic nature of the country. The population comprises 90% Mestizo, 7% Amerindian, 2% Black, and 1% Caucasian. [citation needed] This influences all facets of the culture: customs, practices, ways of dressing ...
Honduras is divided into 18 departments (Spanish: departamentos).Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.The governor represents the executive branch in the region in addition to acting as intermediary between municipalities and various national authorities; resolves issues arising between municipalities; oversees the penitentiaries and prisons in ...
Most presidents after 1900 represent one of the two dominant political parties, the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and the National Party of Honduras (PNH). The most recent general election was held on 28 November 2021, with Xiomara Castro of Libre elected president, taking office on 27 January 2022. [ 1][ 2] No. Portrait.