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Honduras - GeographyBoundary Disputes GeographyHonduras, located at the widest part of the isthmus of Central America, is the second largest Central American republic. The triangular-shaped country has a total area of about 112,000 square kilometers. The 735-kilometer northern boundary is the Caribbean coast extending from the mouth of the R�o Motagua on the west to the mouth of the R�o Coco on the east, at Cabo Gracias a Dios. The 922-kilometer southeastern side of the triangle is the land border with Nicaragua; it follows the R�o Coco near the Caribbean Sea and then extends southwestward through mountainous terrain to the Golfo de Fonseca on the Pacific Ocean. The southern apex of the triangle is a 153- kilometer coastline at the Golfo de Fonseca, which opens onto the Pacific Ocean. The western land boundary consists of the 342-kilometer border with El Salvador and the 256-kilometer border with Guatemala. Honduras controls a number of islands as part of its offshore territories. In the Caribbean Sea, the islands of Roat�n (Isla de Roat�n), Utila, and Guanaja together form Islas de la Bah�a (Bay Islands), one of the eighteen departments into which Honduras is divided. Roat�n, the largest of the three islands, is fifty kilometers long by five kilometers wide. The Islas de la Bah�a archipelago also has a number of smaller islands, among them the islets of Barbareta (Isla Barbareta), Santa Elena (Isla Santa Elena), and Morat (Isla Morat). Farther out in the Caribbean are the Islas Santanillas, formerly known as Swan Islands. A number of small islands and keys can be found nearby, among them Cayos Zapotillos and Cayos Cochinos. In the Golfo de Fonseca, the main islands under Honduran control are El Tigre, Zacate Grande (Isla Zacate Grande), and Exposici�n (Isla Exposici�n). |
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