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The Honduras–Nicaragua border is the roughly international boundary between
The Honduras–Nicaragua border is the roughly international boundary between Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
and Nicaragua, running from the Gulf of Fonseca on the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. The Coco River, which flows generally northeast to the Caribbean, forms more than half of the border.
The border passes between the following departments, from west to east:
*Honduras – Choluteca, Colón, Olancho, Gracias a Dios.
*Nicaragua – Chinandega, Madriz, Nueva Segovia, Jinotega and North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region.
Honduras and Nicaragua, respectively, were part of the Central American Federation and the United Provinces of Central America. Between 1823 and 1838, these federations fell apart and both nations gained their independence and defined their border.Munro, Dana. ''The Five Republics of Central America''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1918. pp 24–34.
In 1937, the issuance of a stamp from Nicaragua with a sticker on part of Honduran territory indicating "territory in dispute" almost caused a war between the two countries. The territory had been claimed by Nicaragua, but Honduras thought the matter closed in 1906 when an arbitration by King Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alf ...
gave it the area.
Location
See also
* South Cay * Spanish conquest of Nicaragua * Spanish conquest of HondurasReferences
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