HONDURAS STATS
LAND AREA: 43,278 sq mi, the size of the state of Pennsylvania
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POPULATION: 7 million
Rural 55%
Urban 45%
Used to be 70% rural and 30% urban
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National Average of 5.1 people per home
National Average age: 19 yrs. Old
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99 men for every 100 women
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44% are 0 – 14 yrs. Old.
53% are 15 – 64 yrs. Old.
50% of the population is under 19 yrs. Old.
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EDUCATION:
Illiteracy rate of our state is 21% and nationwide it is 20%.
Illiteracy rate for those over 15 yrs. Is 20%.
Only 21% of students go past 6th grade.
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ETHNC GROUPS:
93% Mestizo, mixed Indian and Spanish descent
7% Black and Indian
Indian Groups have very low education level and high illiteracy rate.
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WHERE WE LIVE:
We live in the middle of Honduras, in a city of about 80,000 people, named Siguatepeque.
Siguatepeque is an Indian name that means mountain of the woman. In 1689 it became an Indian settlement. Siguatepeque began growing in the late 1800’s and became a city in 1926.
Now it is a city with around 50 neighborhoods and 65 nearby villages.
The altitude is about 3400 feet. It is 10 miles by 5 miles in area. The temperature ranges from the lower 50’s to the lower 90’s. It is surrounded by mountains from 3,937 to 6,371 feet high. It has 4 rivers in its urban and rural areas and 26 small creeks. Many of them dry up in the summer or dry season. 52 % of the states’workers are in agriculture related jobs. In our state, we have about 2000 farmers and only about 1160 of them own their land. The rest rent or borrow land.
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Our Area’s Stats
In our state of Comayagua, 61% do not have at least one of the basic necessities in their home.
In our city, 49%.
61 % of the homes in our state are considered poor.
14.3 are homes with more than one family.
In our city, we have 165 people per square kilometer (.6214 miles)
The growth rate is about 4%.
The state’s population in 2006 is about 300,000 and in 2015 will be around 499,300.
We live in the 5th most populated state and the 7th largest in land size.
The State birth rate in 2001 was 34%.
Most will live to be 70 yrs old at least.
60% of the state is rural.
Our city’s economy is impulsed by agriculture and commerce.