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COLOMBIA

COLOMBIA. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. Situated in the northwest corner of South America. Colombia is the only country in the region with coasts on both the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. COLOMBIA. Total area: 440,839 sq.miles

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COLOMBIA

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  1. COLOMBIA

  2. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION • Situated in the northwest corner of South America. • Colombia is the only country in the region with coasts on both the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean.

  3. COLOMBIA • Total area: 440,839sq.miles • Colombia has the third largest population in South America (46.2 million people) • Colombia is Latin America’s oldest and most stable democracy • Never defaulted on its international debts

  4. IMPORTANT FACTS • Panama was part of Colombia- Independence (1903) . U.S paid US 25.000.000 to Colombia for the American seizure of Panama (1921). • The highest educational levels in South America and a literacy rate of over 92%. • The participation of women in professional fields is the highest in Latin America • Home of the underground Salt Cathedral

  5. Zipaquira Salt Cathedral • Built within the tunnels of a salt mine 200 meters underground in a halite mountain. • - The icons, ornaments and architectural details are hand carved in the halite rock.

  6. EXPORTS • Flowers • Emeralds • Coffee • Coal • Fruits • Petroleum • Ferronickel (used to make steel) • Gold

  7. Second main exporter of flowers in the world after Holland. • 70% of the imported flowers in the U.S are Colombian

  8. World’s leading source!

  9. Third largest producer and exporter of coffee in the world

  10. COAL • Colombia has the world’s largest open cast coal mine, located on the peninsula of La Guajira, which produces almost 50 million tons per year. • Colombia is the world’s fifth coal producer and the largest exporter of thermal coal.

  11. BIODIVERSITY • One of Colombia’s great potentials is its immense biodiversity. The country ranks second after Brazil (while only a quarter of its size).

  12. Has the highest number of classes of orchids than any • other country. • Country with the largest number of amphibians in the world – • 583 species. • Has 10% of the world’s animals and plants species, with less than 1% of its land.

  13. BOGOTA- The capital • Is on a highland plain of fertile soils dedicated to dairy farming and flowers for export • A modern and dynamic city that has a population of almost eight million inhabitants

  14. CITY HALL

  15. Porciuncula Church

  16. Botanic Garden

  17. MEDELLIN • Is located in a valley surrounded by mountains, close to agricultural and mining regions of the Department of Antioquia. • Two million inhabitants. • Main producer of textiles and apparel.

  18. Medellín

  19. Christmas lights

  20. Medellín Flower Festival Typical Hacienda Botero Plaza

  21. CALI • Is surrounded by the fertile Cauca River valley, which is covered by enormous sugar plantations. • Home to multinational companies supplying the Andean region. • Salsa capital!

  22. Cali

  23. FIVE NATURAL REGIONS • CARIBBEAN • ANDEAN • PACIFIC COAST • ORINOQUIA • AMAZON

  24. Handicrafts

  25. CULTURE • JUANES • SHAKIRA • CARLOS VIVES • CUMBIA • CURRULAO • JOROPO • BAMBUCO • VALLENATO • SALSA • MERENGUE MODERN MUSIC TRADITIONAL MUSIC

  26. IfyouwanttoseetheCaribbean, gotoCuba orDominicanRepublic IfyouwanttoseethePacific, gotoChile I youwanttoseethe Andes, gotoEcuador Ifyouwanttoseethe Amazon, gotoBrazil Ifyouwanttoseethe Pre-Columbiancultures , gotoMéxico orPerú Butifyouwanttoseeallthesetogethergoto : COLOMBIA!

  27. COLOMBIA

  28. COLONIAL CITIES VILLA DE LEYVA

  29. San Agustin World Heritage Site Stone sculptures carved between 100 and 1200 AD, 500 square kilometers -the largest of the Pre-Columbian sites in South America

  30. COFFEE PARK

  31. CARTAGENA

  32. Cartagena

  33. Colonial Architecture

  34. La Guajira

  35. Amazon

  36. 3452 classes of orchids

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