The Honduran Flag contains 3 equal sized horizontal stripes. The top and bottom strip are blue and the  middle stripe is white. The white stripe consists of 5 blue pointed stars.  There are 2 stars above one another on the left and the right side then there is a solitary star in the middle of them.

                  

  The Blue stripes represent the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.  The Five stars represent the
                    five nations of the United States of Central America. The Five nations that once represented the union
Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.

 

The Honduran Flag was adopted on January 9, 1866, making it one of the worlds oldest flags.  The present Honduran flag is similar to that of the United States of Central America flag, which came to an end in the years  of 1838 - 1839.  All of the countries in the United State of Central America gained independence from Spain on September 15, 1821.  Honduras separated form the United States of Central America and declared its independence on November 5th 1838.