1. Colombia

2. COLOMBIA
• Colombia officially the
Republic of Colombia
(Spanish: República de
Colombia ) is a unitary,
constitutional republic
comprising thirty-two
departments. It is located
in northwestern South
America, bordered to the
northwest by Panama; to
the north by the
Caribbean Sea; to the
east by Venezuela and
Brazil; to the south by
Ecuador and Peru; and to
the west by the Pacific
Ocean.

3. GEOGRAPHY
• The geography of Colombia is characterized by its
six main natural regions that present their own
unique characteristics, from the Andes mountain
range region shared with Ecuador and Venezuela;
the Pacific coastal region shared with Panama and
Ecuador; the Caribbean coastal region shared with
Venezuela and Panama; the Llanos (plains) shared
with Venezuela; to the Amazon Rainforest region
shared with Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.

4. CLIMATE
• Colombians
customarily describe
their country in
terms of the climatic
zones. Below
900(nine hundred)
meters in elevation
is the tierra caliente
(hot land), where
temperatures vary
between 24(twentyfour) and 38(thirtyeight) °C. About
86(Eighty-six)% of the
country's total area
lies in the tierra
caliente.

5. History of coffee
• Historical data
indicates that the
Jesuits brought
coffee seeds to South
America , but there
are different
versions of this.
Tradition says that
the coffee seeds were
brought by a
traveler from
Guyana who passed
through Venezuela
before reaching
Colombia.

6. BOGOTÁ
• Bogotá, called Santafé de
Bogotá, is the capital, and
largest city, of Colombia. It
is also designated by the
national constitution as the
capital of the department
of Cundinamarca, though
the city of Bogotá now
comprises an independent
capital district and no
longer belongs
administratively to
Cundinamarca. Bogotá is
the most populous city in
the country. Bogotá and its
metropolitan area.

7. CHICAMOCHA
• The Chicamocha Canyon
is a steep sided canyon
carved by the
Chicamocha River. This
river flows through the
departments of Boyaca
and Santander, where it
reaches its maximum
depth near the outskirts
of Bucaramanga.
• The canyon is the result of
the erosion caused by
water.

8. THE CURRENCY; THE WEIGHT
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The peso is the currency of
Colombia. However, the
official peso symbol is $. As of
4 June 2013.(two thousand
thirteen)
The peso has been the
currency of Colombia since
1810.( eight hundred ten) It
replaced the real at a rate of
1 peso = 8 reales and was
initially subdivided into 8
reales. The real was renamed
the decimo in 1853.(eight
hundred fifty-three) The
current system of 100
centavos to the peso was first
used in 1819 on early
banknotes but did not
reappear until the early
1860s on banknotes and was
not used on the coinage until
1872.