2. General information about COLOMBIA
National Symbols
Government
Language
Religion

3. National Symbols: Shield of Colombia Flag of Colombia National Flower
National Anthem

4. COLOMBIA
Geography

5. GEOGRAPHY

6. LOCATION
Colombia is located in the Northwest Corner of South America. It’s size is 1,138,910 Square Kilometers.

7. Colombia is the size of Texas and California combined

8. COLOMBIA IN USA

9. Borders North: The Caribbean Sea Northwest: Panama
East: Venezuela and Brazil
South: Ecuador and Peru
West: The Pacific Ocean

10. The Only Country in South America with coasts on both Oceans
AtlanticOcean
The Only Country in South America with coasts on both Oceans
Pacific Ocean

11. Los Andes Mountain Range Has a Great Influence on its Geography, Weather and Ecosystems

12. Los Andes Splits into Three Mountain Chains
“Cordillera Occidental”: The lowest and shortest of the three mountain chains.
“Cordillera Central”: The most populated and highest.
“Cordillera Oriental”: The longest.

13. That Divide The Country into Five Natural Areas
Region Andina: The most important area with 70% of the population of the country.
Region Caribe: Most of the country's commerce moves through this area.
Region Pacifica: One of the wettest regions in the world.
Region Orinoquia: Known as the eastern plains, where cattle raising is practiced.
Region Amazonica: The natural reserve of the country.

14. Biodiversity
In Colombia you can find 10% of the Fauna and Flora of the Planet
Our country holds the first place in the world for its great variety of butterflies, palm trees, orchids and amphibians
It holds the second place in the world for its variety of plants
It holds the third place in the world for its variety of reptiles

16. Colombia Has Several Rivers Grouped in Four Basins
Caribbean Basin
Pacific Basin
Orinoquia Basin
Amazonian Basin

17. Historically, The Two Most Important Rivers Have Been:
The Magdalena River with a Km length
and
The Cauca River with a Km length.

18. History of
COLOMBIA

19. The History of Colombia is Divided into Four Important Periods
The Pre-Columbian Period ( BC-1492)
The Conquest Period (1500 – 1550)
The Settlement Period (1550 – 1810)
La Republic Period (1810 – Hoy)

20. The Pre-Columbian Period (12.000 BC-1492)
At the time of European contact, peoples from eastern South America, the Caribbean and Central America occupied Colombia.
Most of these societies fiercely resisted Spanish colonization.

21. Los Muiscas The most numerous of Colombia’s indigenous peoples were
the Muisca.

22. El Dorado
It’s the most famous Colombian indigenous legend. It probably comes from a Muisca ceremony, in which a new ruler was covered with gold dust each year, and then washed in a sacred lake. Although many conquerors tried to find it, it was never found.

23. The Conquest Period (1500 – 1550)
The first cities in the “New World” were founded by Spanish conquerors.

24. The Colonial Period (1550 – 1810)
“Criollos”: Spanish descent born in the colonies;
“Mestizos”: persons of mixed Spanish and Indian descent who were free but relegated to positions of low prestige.
Black African slaves and “Zambos”: persons of mixed African and Indian descent, who were at the bottom of the social scale and were important only as a source of labor.
Colonial society relied on "purity of blood" as a basis for stratification:
“Peninsulares”: persons of Spanish descent born in Spain;

25. The Republic Period (1810 – To Date)
Simon Bolivar organized and led military forces to free the northern portion of South America from Spanish rule.
Colombian Independence Day: July 20th, 1810.

26. Colombian people Population 43. Million Approx.
58% Mestizos. (EuroNative)
20% Mixture (Indian-Euro).
14% Mulatto.
4% Black
3% Mixture (Black-Native).
1% Native Americans.

27. Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, other 10%.
Education:
91.3% Men
91.7% women
91.5% Total (2000 est.).
Elementary: 90.7% pop.
Secondary: 61% Pop.
University: 10.6% est
Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, other 10%.

28. Cities
Bogota

29. Bogota Capital District
Population 8,350, ,261 people/km²
Altitude of 2640 m (8660 ft)
Temperature is about 14 °C (57 ° F)
Area covers km² km²

30. Bogota
MODERN
OLD

31. TRANSMILENIO
TRANSMILENIO

32. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
TEATRO COLON
PLANETARIO
JARDIN BOTANICO

33. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
BOOK FAIR
THEATER FESTIVAL
BOGOTA FASHION

34. TOURIST PLACES GOLD MUSEUM MONSERRATE NATIONAL MUSEUM
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

35. Other Cities

36. MEDELLIN

37. CARTAGENA

38. CALI

39. BARRANQUILLA

40. SANTA MARTA

41. TOURIST PLACES

42. SAN AGUSTIN

43. SANTA MARTA SNOW MOUNTAIN

44. CABO DE LA VELA

45. SALT CATHEDRAL

46. RUIZ AND TOLIMA SNOW VOLCANOES

47. GALLINERAL PARK

48. TEQUENDAMA WATERFALL

49. VILLA DE LEYVA TOWN

50. TAYRONA NATURAL PARK

51. AMAZONAS RIVER

52. LAS LAJAS CATHEDRAL

53. SAN ANDRES ISLAND

54. Our People: artist, scientist, writer

55. The most famous Colombian Singers: Carlos Vives, Juanes & Shakira.

57. Sports

58. Economy Agriculture : 13.4% Industry: 32.1% Services: 54.5% Flowers
Coffee
Industry: 32.1%
Clothing
Mining
Coal
Petroleum
Services: %
Tourism

59. Economy Exports: $15.5 billion f.o.b Imports: $15.34 billion f.o.b
Commodities: Petroleum, coffee, coal, apparel, bananas, cut flowers
Partners: US 42.1%, Venezuela 9.7%, Ecuador 6%.
Imports: $15.34 billion f.o.b
Commodities: industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity .
Partners: US 29.1%, Venezuela 6.5%, China 6.4%, Mexico 6.2%, Brazil 5.8%.

60. Currency
The official currency of Colombia is the PESO. 1 PESO = 100 centavos. There are coins in the following denominations: $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $200 and $500 pesos.
There are paper notes in the following denominations: $1,000, $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, 20,000 & 50,000 pesos.
1 Dollar = 2000 pesos.

61. Industry
Growth rate: 6%/07 Textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds.

62. Agriculture
Coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseeds, vegetables; forest products; shrimp

63. Colombian Coffee
It is considered the ‘Richest' coffee in the world because is rich in flavor.
Colombia produces about 12% of the coffee in the world.
There are two main regions of coffee production in Colombia: Medellín, Armenia, and Manizales (MAM) in the central region and Bogotá and Bucaramanga in the eastern region.

64. CRAFTS

65. Services: Tourism: Us 350 7/D
Eje cafetero, Cartagena, Santamarta, San Andres, Amazonas, Guajira.
Other services:
Education, health, technology, insurance and banking.

66. Colombian Food Colombian Food is very rich and depends on the region.
Fruits (banana, passion fruit, kiwis, feijoas, guava, guanabana, coconut).
Vegetables: (potato, yuca, plantain,guineos and avocado)
Meat ( steak, fish, lamb, chiguiro, chivo and seafood)
Colombian Food

67. Specials:
Sancocho, mute, tamal, empanadas, salpicon, arepa, bocadillo, ayacos, ajiaco, fritanga ,patacones, etc.

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