Flag of Honduras

Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue
with five blue five-pointed stars  arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band;
the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America
- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua;
similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a  round emblem encircled by the words
REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band;
also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the word
REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top
and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band
CIA. The World Factbook 2002.