GeoPointe - Colombia

Official Name: Republic of Colombia
Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama.
Capital: Bogota

Area:	total: 1,138,910 sq km
	land: 1,038,700 sq km
	water: 100,210 sq km

Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon and Pico Simon Bolivar 5,775 m

Carved Stone Figures At San Agustin Archaelogical Park., San Agustin, Huila, Colombia

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Population: 44,379,598 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Colombian(s) Ethnic groups: Mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1%. Religions: Roman Catholic 90%. Languages: Spanish.

Tropical along the coast and eastern plains. Cooler in the highlands.

Government type: Republic. Executive branch dominates government structure.
Independence: 20 July 1810 (from Spain).
National holiday: Independence Day, 20 July (1810).