Honduras --Latin America The main source of immigration to the United States, what are the special places?
Latin American immigrants go north to the United States
Every year, thousands of Hondurans go north, along the American continent, and arrive at the border between the United States and Mexico through Mexico, hoping to enter the United States and achieve a gorgeous turn!
US isolation wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, surging immigration
Honduras Republic, referred to as Honduras, is located in the north of Central America , facing Caribbean in the north, and Fengseca Bay in the south, bordering Nicaragua , El Salvador , and Guatemala . The capital is Tegucigalpa , with an area of 112,500 square kilometers and a population of only 10.12 million (2021).
Central American immigration route north to the United States
Although the resources are abundant, the total amount of GDP in 2021 is only US$28.5 billion, and it cannot even enter the top 100 cities in my country's urban GDP. The per capita GDP is only US$2,831, and the poor population accounts for nearly 1/3, making it the poorest country in Latin America. No wonder there are a large number of immigrants!
The capital Tegucigalpa
More than three-quarters of the entire territory of Honduras are mountainous lands and plateaus, the inland is lava plateau and mountainous valleys, the coast is narrow plain, and the coastline is 1,033 kilometers long.
Honduras map
Coastal rainforest climate, with an average annual temperature of 27℃; the central mountainous areas are cool and dry, with an average annual temperature of 23℃. The whole year is divided into two seasons, with the rainy season from June to October and the dry season from November to May. The annual precipitation of the northern coastal areas and mountain windward slopes is as high as 3,000 mm, and the rainfall is extremely abundant. Due to the many tornados in May-July every year, the wonder of ‘ fish rain ’ often occurs.
Hondura topographic map
Honduras has relatively rich resources, with forest area accounting for about half of the country's area, and is rich in high-quality wood. It contains silver, gold, lead, zinc, copper, etc., among which silver reserves are the first in Central America! Honduras' economic pillar is coffee production, with a planting area of about 280,000 hectares. It is a world's largest coffee producer and one of the country's most important export commodities.
coffee beans
4-7th century, western Honduras was one of the centers of Mayan civilization. Indian created a brilliant civilization here. In 1502, Columbus arrived in Honduras, and in 1524, Spanish army began to conquer Honduras, and in the same year it became a Spanish colony.
Mayan carvings at the Copan site in Honduras
1821 Honduras was independent, and was incorporated into The First Mexican Empire in 1822 , joined the Central American Federation in 1823, withdrew from the Central American Federation in October 1838 and established a republic. After independence, Honduras did not usher in peace and prosperity, but instead fell into endless civil strife between the party and the government. Since independence from 1821 to 1978, there have been 139 coups, making it one of the countries with the most frequent coups in Latin America!
Honduras has many coups
plus the economic control of the United States capital and fruit companies in history, making it difficult to recover domestic conflicts in Honduras. The number of patients with tuberculosis , malaria , AIDS are among the top in Central American countries, and drugs are rampant! For example, due to the recent rising crime rate, Honduras has imposed a state of emergency order on some areas since December 6 local time, increasing police force deployment to maintain public order, and strengthening the control of border ports with neighboring countries for 30 days!
Ten thousand Hondurans embark on the road to the United States
In the present day, indian and European mixed race accounts for 90%, the others are Indians 7%, African and European 2%, and European 1%. The official language is Spanish , which mainly believes in Catholicism and still retains a large number of Indian customs, such as polygamy and selling wives, which are still very different from modern civilization!
Big Blue Hole
The most famous scenery near Honduras is the Big Blue Hole (Belize ), which is the largest underwater cave in the world. It has a round appearance, a diameter of about 304 meters and a depth of about 145 meters. It is one of the top ten geological miracles in the world and is extremely strange.Others include Mayan ruins, Leopratano Biosphere Reserve, etc.
Finally, Honduras still has not established diplomatic relations with our country. It is one of Taiwan’s friends and has a similar taste. No wonder it cannot develop!
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