We just learned about the country of Nicaragua
Let's learn a little about the country of Honduras!
This is a small country in Central America, bordering Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
It is about 43,000 square miles, and it has about 9.5 million people living there.
People in Honduras speak Spanish.
(from: wikipedia - honduras)
The flag of Honduras are three sideways stripes of blue, white and blue, with 5 stars in the middle of the white.
The blue stripes are for the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and the stars are for the 5 other countries in Central America that once were part of a bigger country, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala.
(from: wikipedia - flag of honduras)
To eat in Honduras you might have casamiento which is rice with red beans, usually served with a banana.
(from: wikipedia - honduran cuisine)
Visiting Honduras you might go to the Bay Islands and go scuba diving to see the fish and coral reefs.
(from: wikipedia - bay islands)
Long ago the Mayan people lived in Honduras, and there are still some old Mayan ruins and statues in a place called Copán.
(from: wikipedia - )
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