The oldest known evidence of human presence in present-day Honduras is stone knives, scrapers and other tools thought to be 6000 to 8000 years old and uncovered by archaeologists in 1962 near La Esperanza, Intibucá.
The native people were forced to work for the Spanish but their numbers fell drastically partly due to European diseases to which they had no resistance such as smallpox. In the early 19th century the Spanish colonies in central and South America gained their independence.
In 1821, Honduras won independence from Spain and joined the Central American Federation, to which it belonged until it became a separate, independent country in 1841. Honduras has shifted from democratic to dictatorial governments, but in 1981 civilian rule returned.
The flag of Honduras was officially adopted on February 16, 1866. The blue and white and the five stars represent the United Provinces of Central America after they gained their independence from Spain.
The banner of Honduras was made upon the banner of the Federal Republic of Central America, which uses a pale shade of blue for the external groups, and the organization's seal in the middle. After the league disintegrated around 1838, Honduras kept the union's banner, embracing it as its own, including the five stars in trusts the countries could be united once more, and mirroring their mutual history.
The banner of Honduras has contained three equivalent estimated flat groups, with blue on the top and base and white in the middle. On the center band are five stars, framing an H in the middle, two stacked together on the right and left, and one in the center. The blue stripes symbolize the waters bordering Honduras: the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The white symbolizes peace and flourishing while the five stars speak of the countries of the previous Federal Republic of Central America, which included El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.
The native people were forced to work for the Spanish but their numbers fell drastically partly due to European diseases to which they had no resistance such as smallpox. In the early 19th century the Spanish colonies in central and South America gained their independence.
In 1821, Honduras won independence from Spain and joined the Central American Federation, to which it belonged until it became a separate, independent country in 1841. Honduras has shifted from democratic to dictatorial governments, but in 1981 civilian rule returned.
The flag of Honduras was officially adopted on February 16, 1866. The blue and white and the five stars represent the United Provinces of Central America after they gained their independence from Spain.
The banner of Honduras was made upon the banner of the Federal Republic of Central America, which uses a pale shade of blue for the external groups, and the organization's seal in the middle. After the league disintegrated around 1838, Honduras kept the union's banner, embracing it as its own, including the five stars in trusts the countries could be united once more, and mirroring their mutual history.
The banner of Honduras has contained three equivalent estimated flat groups, with blue on the top and base and white in the middle. On the center band are five stars, framing an H in the middle, two stacked together on the right and left, and one in the center. The blue stripes symbolize the waters bordering Honduras: the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The white symbolizes peace and flourishing while the five stars speak of the countries of the previous Federal Republic of Central America, which included El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.
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