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Colombia’s flagColombia’s flag• The Colombia flag has

three different colors which are yellow, blue and red

• The meaning of yellow is a symbol of generosity

• The meaning of red is hardiness, bravery, strength & Valour

• The meaning of blue is vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance & justice.

Population• The population in 2009

is 45,659,709.

• The population in 2010 is 45,791,358.

• The population has increased a lot over the past year.

Government • The government of Colombia is a liberal

democracy with separation of power into executive, judicial, and legislative branches. This is the president of Colombia.

Resources– The resources of Colombia are

minerals, cattle, manufacturing trade, coffee and oil.

Religion • Catholicism was the official religion

• 75% remain Catholicism but only 25% go to church.

• 90% of the people in Colombia identify their religion as Catholics 10% have different types.

• Roman catholic is 90%and the other is 10%.

Food• The Colombian food is

basically what we have in North Carolina.

• Bandeja Paisa this is a type of food that is on a plate which is steak fried pork rind sausage rice and beans sweet bananas chips fried egg and sliced avocado.

• The soup you see is traditional for Colombians.

Historical Events

• In 1564 the Spanish government appoints a president to govern the Colombian colony.

• In 1922 the U.S.A paid Colombia $ 25 million for the loss of Panama.

• In 1989 U.S.A began to supply the Colombian government with military equipment to help rid Colombia of drug dealers.

Cultural Events• Carnivals are celebrated all through the

year. Festivals are celebrated mostly about Colombia’s individuality.

• Rock at the park is the second largest festival in Colombia. Bogota Carnival is the summer carnival that is celebrated a lot during the summer. It has dancing and parades.

Recent news story

• The F.A.R.C is a group that is not the armed forces it is against the armed forces they are trying to free five hostages they are.

• Three military officials • Two local politicians they are also called

humanitarians gesture• The rebles said that they would say that

they would do this about wensday.

Geographical infoThe continental territory of the Republic

of Colombia is in the North West of South America on the equatorial line. The country stretches as far North as it does South from the equator, though the majority of Colombian territory is located in the Northern Hemisphere. Colombia enjoys both the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean.Colombian territory reaches 12°26'46" on the Northern latitude. The most northerly point being Punta Gallinas in the Guajira Peninsula which is also the most northerly point of the South American Continent. 

Clothing• They have lots of

different types of clothing. This is one of the types of the traditional outfits. =>

• This is an traditional dancing outfit that they wear. =>

Demographics• The demographics is high for Colombia it is 93%

that means that they must have good schools, good wealth also good teachers to teach them. That is for females 15 and older. The urban population is 74% in 2008 and the rate of urbanization is 1.7%.

• The ethnic groups are mestizo 58% white 20% mulatto 14% black 4% mixed black amerindian 3% and amerindian 1%

General info• Area: 1,141,748 Km2

Population: 42.000.000 peopleCapital: Santa Fe de Bogotá.Principal Rivers: Magdalena and CaucaHighest Point: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 5980 meters (above sea level)Principal cities : Santa fe de Bogota, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Pereira, CartagenaObservation: It's the only country in South America with coastlines on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.