Sunday, December 28, 2008

Fun Facts about Honduras



  1. Its nickname is the Banana Republic because it grows and exports a lot of bananas

  2. Honduran Flag is composed of 3 equal horizontal stripes, with the upper and lower ones being blue and representing the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The central stripe is white. It contains five blue stars representing the five states of the Central American Union. The middle star represents Honduras, located in the center of the Central American Union. The legislation designating this design for the flag of Honduras passed into law on January 18, 1949.
  3. Children's Day or Dia del Niño, is celebrated in homes, schools and churches on September 10; on this day, children receive presents and have parties similar to Christmas or birthday celebrations. Some neighborhoods have piñatas on the street.
  4. Soccer or Futbol is the main sport in Honduras.

  5. The national flower is the famous orchid

  6. The National Bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw

  7. This how many of the people shop for fruits and veggies

  8. The Maya Indians were some of the first people to live in Honduras just like the Native Indians of the U.S.A. The maya had a written language that used pictures instead of letters and numbers. Miles Uncle Josecarlo is a Maya Indian.

81 comments:

  1. Hi Miles
    Have a great time in Honduras, you will learn lots and see the way other people live. We will be interested in reading your experiences.
    Love, Auntie Bunky and "Great" Uncle Doug

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  2. Hi Miles! We can't wait for you to get here! Hurry up! :) Love you!
    JC, Ryan and Maya

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    love,
    Maya

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  4. i like you facts they helped me with my project. I also put it in my own words!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. This is really great! Im a college student and I found your blog. It has really helped me with my project on Honduras. Thanks you and I hope you enjoyed your trip.

    Sussett

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  6. these facts are really interesting! and they really helped on my spanish project! hope you enjoyed your trip, and thank you!

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  7. the fact about childrens day was so much help on my prodject i hope you enjoy your ttrip

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  8. thanks for the facts! they helped me with my project! like they did for many I can see.

    enjoy your trip!! :D

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  9. this is very good info.!!!!!!!!!

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  10. thancks! this helped me with my geograghy culturegram research! i got an A+! i hope you enjoyed your trip!

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  11. thanks so much for the help it helped alot with my project i am shure i will get an A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  12. this helped so much! thanks!

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  13. hey thankyou sooo much with your help i was dreading doing a project on an country i had no idea existed i am shure i will get an A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  14. thanks for these facts there pretty good i going to use these on my project for Spanish class.

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  15. This very interesting and all that stuff but i think there is a grammer error in the seventh fact.

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  16. Hey Miles,
    Its great to hear that you are going out of the country for such a good purpose. I would like for you to no that I'm going to Honduras in January to give out shoes, cloths, and glasses. We also set up water clorinaters. I've been told from my father (he leads the missionary outreach) that the don't speak a word of english so learn some spanish.
    P.S. i can't spell so sorry for spelling errors

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    1. its so wierd that i found this i remember when you guys came here i was like 13 and we do speak english on Roatan but not so much in the mainland@!!!

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  17. Im doing a project on honduras right as i am writing this and get your facts straight buddy. I looked in an almanac and none of these are true. the real nickname of Honduras is "RAPE ME!"

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  18. hey girl . . .!! thaks it helped me a lot with my geography homework because have to make a foldable obuit central america jajaja :)

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  19. Thanks for fun facts on my project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  20. this will help me in my project as well

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  21. Thank you! I am doing a project on Honduras and you really helped me. Just wondering, in the picture above of you, are you just a boy or an adult?

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  22. The real nickname is not " RAPE ME". Who ever did that was lieing!

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  23. There is a grammar error in the seventh fact, but who cares?

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  24. Im studying Honduras for school, so thanks for the information about the bird and flower and stuff.-Giselle,11

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  25. Yay your smart you got me an A++ on my report! yay for us

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  26. ISH WILL ! <(*.*)> (~.(0.0) t(-.-t) :P

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  27. Hope you have a really good time in Honduras. Your facts really helped me with my project.You are a really smart kid, keep up the good work!Thank you!

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  28. Hey! I went to Honduras,also! I went to Roaton.

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  29. Thanks you so muck for posting these fun facts! I had a project for spanish class and I needed two more fun facts, but know that I'm here there are so many interesting facts to choose from! Thakns again!

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  30. thank you for being awesome like this you website is the only one that gave me straight up facts about honduras and it helped my project alot. keep it up because you gave me better facts than national geographic.

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  31. thank you miles this really helped me on my boshure for school!!! thank you

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  32. this really helped me me with my spanish project

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  33. Dude, these are the greatest fun facts I've ever used:) I saved an hour on my project!!!!!!

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  34. thanks you helped me with my project lol i put in my own words

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  35. these are great facts thanks for your help

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  36. REALLY helped me on my spanish project thanks!

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  37. i neeeeeeeeed stuf about footboll

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  38. this really helped me with my prodject!!!!!!!!


    THANKS!!!=]

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  39. THANKS MILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    =]

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  40. YAY!!! I'm using some of these facts to find interesting pictures for my forro. Te amo, Miles!!! Gracias.

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  41. You can talk to me...

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  42. Hey You!!! lol I can believe I found one that's not blocked... total accident.

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  43. A lot of your facts will really help Me out thanks Miles hope you have a nice time or had a nice time.

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  44. im a 4th grader and i have a spanish project and these facts really are gonna help me thanks.hope you had an awsome time in Honduras!!!!!!!!

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    1. - & what if i do , yo momma teached me !

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  46. hey im a 7th grade and i have to do a projedt so thx!!!!!!!!

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  47. Hi Miles!
    I'm also doing a project on Honduras, and your facts did help me! would like to say thanks, and hope you have a great time in Honduras! I've been there as well! But not the mainland, I've only been to Roatan... Anyway, anyone who loves the sun will love Honduras! Have a great time!!

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  48. Hey this helped me so much on my fun fact page for my project worth 50%. THank you so Much!

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  49. How did it go? Did you like it? I remember going on my first mission trip out of the country.. to actually the same place you went. My church went and we were down there for a week or so and we had a very great time learning about their customs,food and all that stuff. But it was really exciting. This year i'm going to El Salvador. Hope you liked it down there. I did.

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  50. i love this websit i can find anything for hondurans

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  51. THANKS SO MUCH! You helped me with my spanish report essay!!!!

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  52. I <3 cheesecake..............

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  53. thx this help with shcool work

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  54. it has like so cool facts!

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  55. facts helped my project too man, thanks for the info. good luck on your trip. I too am going on a mission trip to Honduras in the near future.

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  56. this really helped my project
    THANKS!!!!!!:)

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  57. These are really cool! They helped me with a project... Hopefully my teacher will give me a good grade! Isn't Honduras gorgeous? Can't wait to go... Thanks

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  58. YOU HELPED ME ALOT WITH MY PROJECT

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  59. It was really intresting to learn about were i'm from this website alsohelped me alot with a project

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  60. Is the picture at the top really the streets in hondurus, it looks really beautiful and lively.

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  61. Is the picture at the top really the streets in hondurus, it looks really beautiful and lively.

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  62. i have a social studies over Honduras really hard

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  63. hope you get here

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