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Excerpt from Honduras: Geographical Sketch, Natural Resources, Laws, Economic Conditions, Actual Development, Prospects of Future Growth
Geographical position - The Republic of Honduras owes its boun daries to the limits prescribed and known during its existence as a colony of Spain. The Constitution of 1865 proclaimed these general boundaries with regard to the neighboring Republics and oceans The Republic comprises all the territory which was known during the Spanish domination under the name of the Province (honduras), bounded by the following limits: On the east, southeast, and south by the Republic of Nicaragua; on the east, northeast, and north by the Atlantic Ocean (caribbean Sea); on the west by Guatemala; on the south, southwest, and west by Salvador; on the south by the Bay of Conchagua (fonseca) in the Pacific Ocean; and the islands adjacent to its coasts on both seas. More specifically, Honduras is bounded on the north by the Bay of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea, on the east and south by the Republic of Nicaragua; on the west and southwest by the Republics of Guatemala and Salvador, respectively. Honduras can scarcely be said to have an eastern boundary, as the Wanks or Coco River, which divides the Republics of Honduras and Nicaragua, ?ows northeast, emptying into the Caribbean Sea near the fifteenth parallel of north latitude, which closely approaches the line of the northernmost latitude of Honduras.
North and south the Republic extends from 16 to 13 10' north latitude, and east and west from 83 20' to 89 30' west longitude, and comprises an area approximately of square miles. The Bay Islands lie off the north shore of Honduras, distant from 25 to 50 miles, in latitude 16 4' to 16 30' N and longitude 85 50' to 87 W. Their area is probably 200 square miles.
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