386,926
edits
Difference between revisions of "Honduras"
From BiblePortal Wikipedia
no edit summary
(Created page with "Honduras <ref name="term_44338" /> <p> (See Central America). </p> ==References == <references> <ref name="term_44338"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-o...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44338" /> == | |||
<p> (See [[Central America]]). </p> | <p> (See [[Central America]]). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74753" /> == | |||
<p> A maritime republic of [[Central]] America, whose northern seaboard fronts the [[Gulf]] of [[Honduras]] in the [[Caribbean]] Sea, between [[Nicaragua]] on the S. and SE. and [[Guatemala]] on the W., less than four-fifths the size of England; the coast lands are low and swampy, but the interior consists chiefly of elevated tableland diversified by broad rich valleys; the [[Cordilleras]] traverse the country in a NW. direction, and form the watershed of many streams; fever prevails along the low, hot coast, but the highlands are cool and healthful; large numbers of cattle are raised, and fruits, india-rubber, indigo, &c., are exported, but agriculture is backward; its mineral wealth is very great; silver ore is abundant, and other minerals, such as gold, iron, copper, but the enterprise is wanting to the carrying out of mining on a proper scale; Honduras broke away from [[Spain]] in 1821, and became an independent [[State]] in 1839; the [[Government]] is vested in a [[President]] and six ministers, and the legislative power in a [[Congress]] of 37 members; the population is, with the exception of a few thousands, composed of blacks; [[Tegucigalpa]] is the capital. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_44338"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/honduras Honduras from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_44338"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/honduras Honduras from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_74753"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/honduras Honduras from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
