Dig straight down through Honduras 🇭🇳 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺. Below are Honduras's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Tegucigalpa |
|---|---|
| Population | about 9.75 million |
| Area | 113,787 km² (43,933 sq mi) |
| Region | Central America, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Lower middle income |
| Official name | Republic of Honduras |
| Also written | Honduras (es) · Honduras (fr) · 洪都拉斯 (zh) · هندوراس (ar) · Гондурас (ru) · ホンジュラス (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Honduras, that point sits at 14.4878° S, 92.7721° E. The nearest coast is Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺, roughly 509 km (316 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 1,698 km (1,055 miles) from the point.
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