COLOMBIA Population 46,039,000 Capital Bogotá; 7,594,000 Area 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 square miles) Language Spanish Religion Roman Catholic Currency Colombian peso Life Expectancy 71 GDP per Capita U.S. $6,100 Literacy Percent 93

Cartagena/Colombia is a world heritage site

COLOMBIA Capital is Bogotá

COLOMBIA IS FIRST… Emeralds Flowers. Coffee Quality. Exotic birds

THE LEGEND OF EL DORADO HAPPEN IN COLOMBIA

Gold Museum-Biggest in the world

Colombia is the only South American country with coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

Did you know that Gabriel G Marquez a literature Nobel Laureate born in Colombia? One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien Años de Soledad). 1967

BBC called Fernando Botero the “Picasso of South America” The Mona Liza of Botero which background reflects the South American views. His works are sold for up to $2 M

Neuroscience by Llinas Rodolfo R. Llinás Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. He was also the chairman of NASA/Neurolab Science Working Group

Music/Sports Shakira-Singer

Did you know around 12% of the world’s coffee is produced in Colombia Did you know around 12% of the world’s coffee is produced in Colombia? The Best Coffee!

The Colombian Rainforest Amazonia http://www.rain-tree.com/images.htm