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Hondurans (; also ) are people inhabiting in, originating or having significant heritage from
Honduras. Most Hondurans live in Honduras, although there's also a significant
Honduran diaspora, particularly in the
United States with smaller communities in other countries around the world. There are also people living in Honduras who are not Hondurans because they were not born or raised in Honduras nor have they gained
citizenship.
Catracho
The term is what Hondurans, as well as people from other countries, refer to themselves as. The term was coined by
Nicaraguans in the mid 1800s when Honduran General
Florencio Xatruch returned from battle with his soldiers after defeating
American filibusters commanded by
William Walker, whos purpose was to re-establish slavery and take over all of
Central America. As the general and his soldiers returned they were greeted by the Nicaraguan people whom yelled out, then and finally, this meant "Xatruch's boys". However, the general's last name was so badly pronounced by the Nicaraguans that they ultimately settled with .
Demographics
Honduras is the only Central American country which its second most important city has half the population of the city-capital. Considering metropolitan areas only, the Honduran capital is the third largest
Central American urban
agglomeration, after Guatemala City and San Salvador.
Population
Honduras has a population of 7.48 million. According to Honduras' 2001 Census of Population, the most populated Departments are:
Cortés (1,2 million),
Francisco Morazán (1,2 million),
Yoro (466,000),
Olancho (420,000),
Choluteca (391,000) and
Comayagua (353,000). The less populated are
Islas de la Bahia and
Gracias a Dios.
According to the same source, the main cities are:
Tegucigalpa (894,000 hab.-Central District only-),
San Pedro Sula (517,000),
Choloma (160,000),
La Ceiba (140,00 hab.),
El Progreso (106,000 hab.), Choluteca, Comayagua,
Puerto Cortes,
La Lima and
Danli. However, the main metropolitan areas are Tegucigalpa (1,200,000 hab. -est. 2007-) and San Pedro Sula (900,000 hab.). Between the 1988 and 2001 Census, San Pedro Sula's population duplicated. The country has 20 cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The majority of the Honduran population is
mestizo (a mixture of
Amerindian and European) having more predominant
Amerindian ancestry and features with little, if any, white ancestry. Mestizos make up 90% of the population, or up to 6.8 million.
Amerindians make up the largest minority ethnic group, with 7% of the population, or over 520,000. The Amerindian population consists of seven indigenous groups recognized by the Confederation of Autochthonous Peoples of Honduras (CONPAH) and the government of Honduras, among them they recognize the Afro-Caribbean and Garífuna groups which are not Amerindian. The seven indigenous groups are: the
Ch'orti', a Mayan group living in the northwest on the border with Guatemala; the
Garifuna speaking a
Carib language., they live along the entire Caribbean coastline of Honduras, and in the Bay Islands; the
Pech or Paya Indians living in a small area in the Olancho department; the
Tolupan (also called
Jicaque, "Xicaque", or Tol), living in the Department of Yoro and in the reserve of the Montaña de la Flor and parts of the department of Yoro; the
Lenca Indians living in the Valle and Choluteca departments; and the
Miskito Indians living on the northeast coast along the border with
Nicaragua.
Approximately 2%, up to 350,000, of Honduras's population is black, or
Afro-Honduran, and mainly reside on the country's Caribbean or Atlantic coast. The black population comes from a number of sources. Most are the descendants of the
West Indian islands brought to Honduras as slaves and indentured servants. Another large group are the
Garífuna, descendants of an Afro-Carib population which revolted against British authorities on the island of
St. Vincent and were forcibly moved to Belize and Honduras during the eighteenth century. Garífunas are part of Honduran identity through theatrical presentations such as Louvavagu.
The smallest ethnic group in Honduras are the whites. Honduras contains the smallest
white Latin American population in the region with only 1% of the population classified as white, up to 75,000.
Immigration
Honduras hosts a significant
Palestinian community (the vast majority of whom are
Christian Arabs). The Palestinians arrived in the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, establishing themselves especially in the city of San Pedro Sula. The Palestinian community, well integrated in Honduras, is prominent in business, commerce, banking, industry, and politics.
Also present in an East Asian community that's primarily of
Chinese descent, and to a lesser extent
Japanese.
Korean,
Ryukyuan,
Vietnamese also make up a small percentage due to their arrival to Honduras as contract laborers in the 1980s and 1990s.
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