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In the 1970s a medical center in San Pedro Sula was opened. Services were not available until 1992 in El Progreso. [10] The Ministry of Health in Honduras provides care to almost 90% of the population, but there is still little provision for the rural population, and there is a serious shortage of doctors.
Tegucigalpa is Honduras' largest and most populous city as well as the nation's political and administrative center. Tegucigalpa is host to 25 foreign embassies and 16 consulates. [23] [24] It is the home base of several state-owned entities such as ENEE and Hondutel, the national energy and telecommunications companies, respectively. [25]
Soto Cano Air Base is a Honduran military base 5 mi (8.0 km) to the south of Comayagua in Honduras. It houses 1,200–1,500 U.S. troops and is also used by the Honduran Air Force academy. [2][3] The airbase became operational in 1940, changing the old location of the Honduras Air Force Academy in Toncontin, Tegucigalpa to Palmerola. [4]
40 varsity teams. Mascot. Pumas. Website. www.unah.edu.hn. The National Autonomous University of Honduras (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras) is the national public university of Honduras. Founded in 1847, it has over 140 programs from the Bachelor 's level to the Doctorate, and is the largest and highest ranked university in ...
Francisco Morazán (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko moɾaˈsan], abbreviated FMO) is one of the departments of Honduras. It is located in the central part of the nation. The departmental capital is Tegucigalpa, which is also Honduras's national capital. Until 1943 it was known as Tegucigalpa department. It was renamed after national hero ...
France sent medical equipment, and the government of Japan provided a field hospital that helped 300 patients per day in the center of Tegucigalpa. Following the storm, the United Nations Development Programme sent a team to Honduras and El Salvador to determine the needs of the population.
Honduras, [a] officially the Republic of Honduras, [b] is a country in Central America.It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Address. M.D.C, Avenida la Paz, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Coordinates. 14°6′11″N 87°11′24″W. / 14.10306°N 87.19000°W / 14.10306; -87.19000. Website. https://hn.usembassy.gov. The Embassy of the United States in Tegucigalpa is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America in Honduras .