COLOMBIA• Population

46,039,000• Capital

Bogotá; 7,594,000• Area

1,141,748 square kilometers(440,831 square miles)

• LanguageSpanish

• ReligionRoman Catholic

• CurrencyColombian peso

• Life Expectancy71

• GDP per CapitaU.S. $6,100

• Literacy Percent93

Cartagena/Colombia is a world heritage site

COLOMBIA Capital is Bogotá

COLOMBIA IS FIRST…

EmeraldsFlowers.Coffee Quality.Exotic birds

THE LEGEND OF EL DORADOHAPPEN IN COLOMBIA

Gold Museum-Biggest in the world

• Colombia is the only South American country with coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien Años de Soledad). 1967

Did you know that Gabriel G Marquez a literature Nobel Laureate born in

Colombia?

BBC called Fernando Botero the “Picasso of South America”

The Mona Liza of Botero which background reflects the South American views.

His works are sold for up to $2 M

Neuroscience by Llinas

• Rodolfo R. Llinás Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. He was also the chairman of NASA/Neurolab Science Working Group

Shakira-Singer

Music/Sports

Did you know around 12% of the world’s coffee is produced in Colombia? The Best Coffee!

The Colombian Rainforest Amazonia

http://www.rain-tree.com/images.htm