Capital:
Bogota

Population:
47,662,951

Languages:
Spanish, plus over 200 indigenous languages

Religion:
Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%

Life Expectancy:
75 years

GDP per-capita:
$8,300

Of Interest:
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a unitary republic of America located in the northwestern region of South America. It consists in a social and democratic state of law whose form of government is presidential. It is politically organized into 32 decentralized departments and capital district. The capital of the republic is Bogotá D. C.

The area of Colombia is 2,129,748 km ², of which 1,141,748 km ² correspond to the mainland and the remaining 988,000 square kilometers to its maritime extension.

The territory of Colombia is located in the large part on the northern hemisphere and in the tropics. The southern region of Colombia is crossed by the equator. Because of the location of Colombia on a tropical zone, temperature and radiation is evenly throughout the year. However, it is not the same throughout the territory; temperature varies with the degree of elevation above sea level, in the most extreme cases at temperatures of 0 ° C and 35 ° C respectively

Colombia is the only South American country with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic, which has several islands: the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina. Colombia has the largest number of species per unit area on the planet, is the second most megadiverse in the world after Brazil, which is most extensive country than Colombia.

The country is the fourth largest country in area in South America, with around 47 million people, the third largest population in Latin America.

It is the third country with the largest number of Spanish speakers.

Colombia has a multicultural population, regions and races. Its population is mostly a result of interbreeding between Europeans, Indians and Africans, with minorities of indigenous and African descent. In the Colombian Caribbean there are a significant number of Middle Eastern descent.

Gross domestic product at purchasing power parity of Colombia ranked fourth in Latin America and the 28th worldwide. Colombia's nominal GDP is the fourth largest in Latin America and is ranked 30 in the world.

Colombia ranks third in first living species  with 1,876 species of birds, this amounts to 19% of species in the world and 60% of the species in South America; There are 14 species and 300 families of butterflies , making it the second country with more variety of butterflies and with a greater variety of beetles, (more than 250,000). Globally, Colombia's first amphibian to have 15%, 25% of crocodiles, 30% of 222 species of turtles and snakes. The country ranks fourth in the world in mammals with 456 species discovered and fifth in primate species with 30 species.

Colombia is a country of intermediate size, although it has approximately 10% or 20% of plant species worldwide, with about 40,000 to 45,000 species of plants; Colombia is the first in a variety of orchids, has over 50,000 species of flowers.

 Globally, Colombia is the third largest coffee producing country, and the largest producer of mild coffee in the world. The term "Café de Colombia" is a certification mark registered in the United States and Canada. Likewise, it is recognized as Protected Designation of Origin in other countries.

 Location:

Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama