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Colombia
Colombia
Country Profile
Capital City: Bogotá formerly Santa Fe de Bogotá, (pop. about 6
million)
Other Cities: Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena.
Local Time: UTC -5h
Geography:
Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between
Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between
Ecuador and Panama.
Area: 1.14 million sq. km. (440,000 sq. mi.), fourth-largest country
in South America.
Terrain: Flat coastal areas, with extensive coastlines on the Pacific
Ocean and Caribbean Sea, three rugged parallel mountain chains, central
highlands, and flat eastern grasslands.
Border countries:
Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Climate: Tropical on coast and eastern plains, cooler in
highlands.
Government:
Type: Republic
Independence: 20 July 1810.
People:
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Colombian(s).
Population: 42 million.
GNI per capita PPP: $ 7 303 (year) Ethnic groups: Mestizo 58%, white
20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1% Religion:
Roman Catholic 90%.
Language: Spanish Literacy: 93% in urban areas, 67% in rural areas.
Business
Currency: Colombian Peso (COP)
Natural resources: Coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore,
nickel, gold, silver, copper, platinum, emeralds.
Agriculture products: Coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice,
tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest
products; shrimp.
Industries: Textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and
footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds.
Exports partners: USA 47.1%, Ecuador 6%, Venezuela 5.3%
(2003)
Imports partners: USA 29.6%, Brazil 5.5%, Mexico 5.4%, Venezuela 5.2%,
China 5%, Japan 4.6%, Germany 4.4% (2003)
Internet LinksOfficial Sites of Colombia
Colombia
Presidencia de la Republica de Colombia. Presidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez's
office. (in Spanish)
Senado de la
República
The Senate of the Colombian Republic. (in Spanish)
Gobiernoenlinea
Online Information and Service by the Colombian Government. (in Spanish)
Ministerio de
Relaciones Exteriores
The Ministry of External Relations. (in Spanish)
Diplomatic Missions
Permanent Mission
of Colombia to the United Nations
Embassy of
Colombia in the U.S.
Washington D.C.
Foreign Missions in Colombia
List of foreign diplomatic missions in Colombia.
Colombian Missions Abroad
List of Colombia's diplomatic missions.
Statistics
Departamento
Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica - DANE
Statistics Colombia (in Spanish).
Maps
Map of Colombia
Shaded Relief Map of Colombia.
Map of Central America and the Caribbean
Reference map of Central America and the Caribbean.
Map of South America
Reference map of South America. Colombia News
El Colombiano
Colombia News (in Spanish).
El Diario On-Line
News (in Spanish).
El Espectador
The oldest newspaper in Colombia. (in Spanish)
El Mundo
Colombia News (in Spanish)
El Tiempo
Domestic and international news. (in Spanish)
Portafolio
Noticias económicas, business news Colombia. (in Spanish)
Arts & Culture
Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
The National Library of Colombia. (in Spanish)
Museo
de Arte
Art Museum at the National University of Colombia,
Museo
del Oro
Colección de más de 33.000 piezas de orfebrería prehispánica.
Pacho Rada
El Acordeón del Diablo - Pacho Rada, a 93-year old Caribbean musician,
was the inspiration for Gabriel Garcia Márquez's novel "One Hundred
Years of Solitude".
Business & Economy
Banco de la
República
Central Bank Colombia (in Spanish).
Bolsa de Valores de
Colombia
Stock Exchange Colombia (in Spanish).
Confederacion Colombiana de Camaras de Comercio
The Colombian Federation of Chambers of Commerce.
Cámara de Comercio de
Bogotá
Chamber of Commerce Bogotá (in Spanish).
Colombian Government
Trade Bureau
Doing business in Colombia, Import, Export and Trade information.
Colombian Products
Café de
Colombia
Colombian Coffee (Spanish).
Colombian Yellow
Pages
Transportation
Airline
Avianca
The Colombian Airline. Business & Economy
Instituto Distrital de Cultura y Turismo
Institute for culture and tourism (in Spanish)
Explore
Bogota
Official city guide with extensive information on Bogota and
surroundings.
Colombia Info
by Latin-American Student Organization.
Colombia
Colombia Information by the Universidad de los Andes (Spanish).
Yo creo en
Colombia
The "I Believe In Colombia" program is a group that empowers Colombians
to speak well about Colombia and act on its behalf.
Education
Pontivicia
Universidad Javeriana
Universidad de
Antioquia
Official website of the University of Antioquia, Medellín (in Spanish)
Universidad de los
Andes
Bogotá
Universidad EAFIT
The official university website provides information about EAFIT and its
study programs.
Universidad
La Gran Colombia
Bogotá
Universidad
Nacional Bogotá
Universidad
Nacional / Medellín
Universidad del
Valle
Cali
Colombian
Institute for Science and Techonology Development
History
Archivo
General de la Nación
The Colombian National Archive. (in Spanish)
Departamento
de Historia, Universidad del Valle
Department of History (in Spanish)
History of Colombia
From Wikipedia.
Issues Colombian
Sites related to the very difficult political-social situation in
Colombia.
Reuters AlertNet - Colombia
Colombia's long-running war has forced three million people from their
homes. Find articles about the background of violence in Colombia.
Human
Rights Watch: Colombia
HRW Org about Colombia.
Human
Rights Watch Report: Colombia 2003
Sites from and about abductees of the FARC
www.betancourt.info
Ingrid Betancourt and Clara Rojas since Februar 2002 prisoners of the
FARC. A multilingual site for information on Ingrid's and Clara's
abduction.
Die dunkle Seite der FARC
The dark side of the FARC, site from FARC abductees Ulrich and Thomas
Künzel, and Reiner Bruchmann. (in German)
Various Interest Groups of Colombia
Right-wing paramilitaries, who have deep links with the army and
police.
AUC -
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
The right-wing paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. (in
Spanish)
Marxist guerrilla groups:
ELN
The National Liberation Army, Colombia's second largest guerrilla group.
(in Spanish)
FARC-EP - Fuerzas
Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - Ejercito del Pueblo,
Colombia's main guerrilla group.
Native
Etnias de
Colombia
Site for and about ethnic groups of Colombia, by Fundación Hemera. (in
Spanish)
Nature
WWF Colombia
Site about Colombias Nature.
Search
¡Qué Hubo
Colombia internetdirectory and Colombian Yellow Pages.
LatinWorld: Colombia
LatinWorld's Colombia directory.
Newsgroup of Colombia
soc.culture.colombia
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