Quick Facts
Full Name: Repulica de Honduras
Official Language: Spanish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Currency: lempira (HNL)
Capital City: Tegucigalpa
Average Temperature: 27C
National Sport: Soccer (futbol)
Industry: tourism, sugar, coffee, textiles
Exports: agricultural products, particularly bananas and pineapple
UNESCO World Heritage Sites:
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
Mayan Copan Ruins
Getting Around
Banks: Banco Atlantida, Full Service; ATM & currency exchange and Banco Occidente with a Western Union
ATM & currency exchange
Medical facilities: Hospitals; Trujillo, La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa
Cost of Living Trujillo
Bottle of Imperial beer:$0.70
Taxi ride anywhere in Trujillo: $1.00
Basic cell phone service: $8.00 per month
Women’s haircut , style, manicure, & pedicure: $53.00
Package of local cigarettes: $1.10
Local bus ride: $0.32
Soccer game: $1.00
Full time live-in maid: $200 +
Steak dinner: under $12.00
Tomatoes: $0.80 per kilo
Limes: 6 for $0.10
Pineapple: $1.60 each
Chicken breast: $0.44lb
Rice: $0.48lb
*costs are approximate as of December 2009