Currency (code):
lempira (HNL)
Currency code:
HNL
Exchange rates:
lempiras per US dollar - 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004), 17.345
(2003), 16.433 (2002), 15.474 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Honduras
Telephones - main lines in use:
494,400 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.282 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate system
domestic: NA
international: country code - 504; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave
System
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)
Radios:
2.45 million (1997)