flag of Honduras

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This national flag of Honduras was adopted on January 9, 1866, based on the flag of the Federal Republic of Central America.

The flag consists of three horizontal bands of equal width with an overall length:width ratio of 2:1. The two outer blue bands represent the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The inner white band represents the land between the ocean and the sea and the peace and prosperity of its people. The five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band represent the five nations of the former Federal Republic of Central America (El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala) and the hope that the nations may form a union again.

Civilian and government ships fly the national flag as an ensign. Ships of the Honduran Navy fly as a naval ensign a version of the national flag in which the five star emblem is replaced by the coat of arms of Honduras above an inverted arch of five small blue stars.

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Motto
"Libre, Soberana e Independiente"   (Spanish)
"Free, Sovereign and Independent"
Anthem
Himno Nacional de Honduras
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  • 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople.

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¹ Moved to San Salvador in 1834.

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Motto
"Dios, Unión, Libertad"   (Spanish)
"God, Union, Liberty"
Anthem
Himno Nacional de El Salvador
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Motto
¡Vivan siempre el trabajo y la paz!   (Spanish)
"May Work And Peace Live Forever"
Anthem
Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera   (Spanish)
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Anthem
Salve a ti, Nicaragua


Capital
(and largest city) Managua

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Motto
Unofficial: "El País de la Eterna Primavera" 
"Land of Eternal Spring"
Official: "Libre Crezca Fecundo"
"Grow Free and Fertile"
Anthem
Himno Nacional de Guatemala
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Military branches: Army, Navy (includes Marines), Honduran Air Force (Fuerzas Aéreas de Honduras)

Air Force

The FAH operates from bases at Tegucigalpa, Comayagua, San Pedro Sula, and La Ceiba.
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The Coat of arms of Honduras features the text "Republic of Honduras free sovereign and independent", topped with a cornucopia, a quiver of arrows, flanked by deciduous trees and limestone cliffs, with a Masonic eye at the center.
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Formation 1993
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Official languages English
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