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      female: 71.28 years (2001 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 4.15 children born/woman (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.92% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 63,000 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,200 (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Honduran(s)

      adjective: Honduran

      Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%,

       Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1%

      Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority

      Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write

      total population: 72.7%

      male: 72.6%

      female: 72.7% (1995 est.)

      Honduras Government

      Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Honduras

      conventional short form: Honduras

      local long form: Republica de Honduras

      local short form: Honduras

      Government type: democratic constitutional republic

      Capital: Tegucigalpa

      Administrative divisions: 18 departments (departamentos, singular -

       departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan,

       Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca,

       Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa

       Barbara, Valle, Yoro

      Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

      Constitution: 11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982; amended 1995

      Legal system: rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory

      Executive branch: chief of state: President Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse (since 27 January 1998); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; First Vice President William HANDAL (since NA); Second Vice President Gladys CABALLERO de Arevalo (since NA); Third Vice President Hector Vidal CERRATO Hernandez (since NA)

      head of government: President Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse (since 27 January 1998); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; First Vice President William HANDAL (since NA); Second Vice President Gladys CABALLERO de Arevalo (since NA); Third Vice President Hector Vidal CERRATO Hernandez (since NA)

      cabinet: Cabinet appointed by president

      elections: president elected by popular vote for a four-year term; election last held 30 November 1997 (next to be held 25 November 2001)

      election results: Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse elected president; percent of vote - Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse (PL) 50%, Nora de MELGAR (PN) 40%, other 10%

      Legislative branch: unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members are elected proportionally to the number of votes their party's presidential candidate receives to serve four-year terms)

      elections: last held on 30 November 1997 (next to be held 25 November 2001)

      election results: percent of vote by party - PL 46%, PN 38%, PINU-SD 4%, PDC 2%, PUD 2%; seats by party - PL 67, PN 55, PINU-SD 3, PDC 2, PUD 1

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de

       Justicia (judges are elected for four-year terms by the National

       Congress)

      Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Efrain DIAZ Arrivillaga, president]; Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Marias FUNES Valladares, president]; Liberal Party or PL [Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse, president]; National Innovation and Unity Party-Social Democratic Party or PINU-SD [Olban VALLADARES, president]; National Party of Honduras or PN [Carlos URBIZO, president]

      Political pressure groups and leaders: Committee for the Defense of

       Human Rights in Honduras or CODEH; Confederation of Honduran Workers

       or CTH; Coordinating Committee of Popular Organizations or CCOP;

       General Workers Confederation or CGT; Honduran Council of Private

       Enterprise or COHEP; National Association of Honduran Campesinos or

       ANACH; National Union of Campesinos or UNC; Popular Bloc or BP;

       United Federation of Honduran Workers or FUTH

      International organization participation: BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO,

       G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,

       IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU,

       LAES, LAIA (observer), MINURSO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN,

       UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador

       Hugo NOE PINO

      chancery: Suite 4-M, 3007 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

      telephone: [1] (202) 966–7702

      FAX: [1] (202) 966–9751

      consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico)

      honorary consulate(s): Boston, Detroit, and Jacksonville

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador

       Frank ALMAGUER

      embassy: Avenida La Paz, Apartado Postal No. 3453, Tegucigalpa

      mailing address: American Embassy, APO AA 34022, Tegucigalpa

      telephone: [504] 238–5114, 236–9320

      FAX:

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