colombia population 46,039,000 capital bogotá; 7,594,000 area 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831...
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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 IS FIRST…
EmeraldsFlowers.Coffee Quality.Exotic birds
• 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
Did you know around 12% of the world’s coffee is produced in Colombia? The Best Coffee!