s:
transshipment point for cocaine; illicit producer of cannabis,
cultivated on small plots and used principally for local consumption
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1.4 billion; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.1
billion
Currency:
1 lempira (L) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates:
lempiras (L) per US$1 - 7.2600 (December 1993), 7.2600 (1993), 5.8300
(1992), 5.4000 (1991); 2.0000 (fixed rate until 1991) 5.70 parallel
black-market rate (November 1990); the lempira was allowed to float in
1992
Fiscal year:
calendar year

@Honduras, Communications

Railroads:
785 km total; 508 km 1.067-meter gauge, 277 km 0.914-meter gauge
Highways:
total:
8,950 km
paved:
1,700 km
unpaved:
otherwise improved 5,000 km; unimproved earth 2,250 km
Inland waterways:
465 km navigable by small craft
Ports:
Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo
Merchant marine:
270 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 831,856 GRT/1,248,186 DWT, bulk
25, cargo 177, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 1, container 7,
liquified gas 1, oil tanker 22, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 2,
refrigerated cargo 20, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6, short-sea passenger
2, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 1
note:
a flag of convenience registry; Russia owns 14 ships under the
Honduran flag
Airports:
total:
160
usable:
133
with permanent-surface runways:
11
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
4
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
14
Telecommunications:
inadequate system with only 7 telephones per 1,000 persons;
international services provided by 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth
stations and the Central American microwave radio relay system;
broadcast stations - 176 AM, no FM, 7 SW, 28 TV

@Honduras, Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, Public Security Forces
(FUSEP)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 1,229,777; fit for military service 732,866; reach
military age (18) annually 60,445 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $42.8 million, about 1.3% of GDP (1993
est.)

@Hong Kong

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Affiliation:
(dependent territory of the UK)

@Hong Kong, Geography

Location:
Eastern Asia, on the southeast coast of China bordering the South
China Sea
Map references:
Asia, Southeast Asia, Standard Time Zones of the Wo