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Colômbia

Republic of Colombia
República de Colombia  (Spanish)
Flag of Colombia
Coat of arms of Colombia
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Libertad y Orden" (Spanish)
"Freedom and Order"
Anthem: ¡Oh, Gloria Inmarcesible!  (Spanish)
O unfading glory!
Location of Colombia
Capital
and largest city
Bogotá
4°35′N 74°4′W / 4.583°N 74.067°W / 4.583; -74.067
Official languages Spanisha
Recognised regional languages 68 ethnic languages and dialects. English is also official in the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina.
Ethnic groups (2005)
Demonym Colombian
Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President
Juan Manuel Santos
Germán Vargas Lleras
Mauricio Lizcano
Margarita Cabello Blanco
Legislature Congress
Senate
Chamber of Representatives
Independence from Spain
• Declared
20 July 1810
• Recognized
7 August 1819
• Last unitarisation
1886
4 July 1991
Area
• Total
1,141,748 km2 (440,831 sq mi) (25th)
• Water (%)
8.8 (17th)
Population
• January 2017 estimate
49,034,411 (28th)
• 2005 census
42,888,592
• Density
40.74/km2 (105.5/sq mi) (173rd)
GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate
• Total
$724.167  billion (31st)
• Per capita
$14,687
GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate
• Total
$300.988  billion (32nd)
• Per capita
$6,104
Gini (2015)  52.2
high
HDI (2014) Increase 0.720
high · 97th
Currency Peso (COP)
Time zone COT (UTC−5b)
Date format dd−mm−yyyy (CE)
Drives on the right
Calling code +57
ISO 3166 code CO
Internet TLD .co
  1. Although the Colombian Constitution specifies Spanish (Castellano) as the official language in all Colombian territory, other languages spoken in the country by ethnic groups -- approximately 68 languages -- each is also official in its own territory. English is also official in the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina.
  2. The official Colombian time is controlled and coordinated by the National Institute of Metrology.

Coordinates: 4°N 72°W / 4°N 72°W / 4; -72

Colombia (/kəˈlʌmbiə/ kə-LUM-biə or /kəˈlɒmbiə/ kə-LOM-biə; Spanish: [koˈlombja]), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: About this sound República de Colombia ), is a transcontinental country largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It is a unitary, constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The territory of what is now Colombia was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples including the Muisca, the Quimbaya and the Tairona.


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