On Christopher Columbus' travels to the New World, he never set foot in what is now the United States, but on his fourth and final trip, Columbus arrived in Central America, on a cape that is now part of the nation of Honduras.
Similar in size to the state of Pennsylvania, Honduras has a long Atlantic coastline and a shorter Pacific coastline. The name Honduras comes from of the depths of the coastlines and that enter between the hills and valleys of the Honduran coastline.
The population of Honduras is about 9,112,867 and is growing faster than any other nation in the Western Hemisphere. The hundreds of thousands of El Salvador's neighbors who have moved to Honduras count a lot in this increase.
Bananas are Honduras' main export. Hondurans eat more fruits per capita than people from any other country in the world, about 244 kilos per person per year, more than double the U.S. average.
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