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Columbia : An Overview

 Capital: Bogota
 Region: South America
 GDP(per capita): $16,894
 Population: 51,265,841
 Area: 1,138,910 sq. km
 President: Gustavo Petro

 Located in northwest corner of South America


 Most populous Spanish speaking nation
 Twice the geographical size of France and bordered
by both pacific ocean and carribean sea as well as
Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru
 Democratic republic with universal suffrage
 Upper-middle income economy
 Country’s economy is based on its land i.e. rich
natural resources
 Unemployement has dropped
 Official language is Spanish
 Religion is Roman Catholicism
 Currency: peso
 Strong economic components that include:
-Petroleum
-Gold
-Coal
-Coffee
- Textile Industries

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