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A country of 1,140,000 km², roughly equal to the area of Portugal, Spain, and France put together. Colombia occupies the northwestern end of South America, and is the only country there with coasts on both the Pacific (1350 km long), and the Atlantic (over 1600 km) oceans. Three Andean ranges run north and south through the western half of the country (about 45% of the country's territory.) The eastern part is a vast lowland which can be generally divided into two regions: a huge open savannah on the north (Llanos), and the Amazon in the south (400,000 km²). A country of geographical contrasts and extremes. As well as the features mentioned, it has such curiosities as the desert of La Guajira, the peninsula in the most north-eastern tip of the country; the jungle of the Pacific coast which holds one of the world's rainfall records; and finally the La Macarena National Park an isolated mountain formation about 120 km long, rising abruptly from the eastern plains to some 2500 meters. Colombia also has several small islands. The major ones are the archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia in the Caribbean Sea, the Islas del Rosario and San Bernardo along the Caribeean coast, and Gorgona and Malpelo in the Pacific Ocean.

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Santiago de Cali

Santiago de Cali (IPA: [sanˈtjaɰo ð̞e ˈkali]), often shortened to Cali, is the main city, municipality and capital of the Valle del Cauca, a department in western Colombia. With a population of 2,316.654 hab. Santiago de Cali is the third largest city in Colombia. It is a reference point inside Colombia because of its industrial and commercial development, and has one of the fastest growing economies in the country because of its geographical location. Cali was founded on July 25th in 1536 by the Spanish conqueror Sebastián de Belalcázar.

The first part of the name Santiago de Cali honours Saint James the apostle (Santiago in Spanish) whose feast day is celebrated on July 25. There are several possibilities for the origin of the word "Cali". Some attribute it to a mispronunciation of the word "Lili", the name of a local tribe. Others believe that the word "Cali" has quechua origin, and it was brought by the Yanaconas Indians that came from Quito serving Sebastián de Belalcázar. This theory is reinforced by the fact that near Quito there is an indigenous town named Cali Cali.

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Tall shipARC Gloria, insignia of Colombia

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Did you know

... that Avianca, Colombia's flag carrier, is the oldest still functioning airline in the Americas, founded in 1919?

... that Colombia is the second-most biodiverse country in the world (the most biodiverse per unit area), and ranks first in birds and amphibia?

... that Bogotá has one of the most extensive dedicated Bike Paths Network of any city in the world with a total extension of 300 km?

... that there are more than one hundred universities in Bogotá alone, making it one of the cities with the largest number of higher education institutions in the world?

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Colombians to protest President Hugo Chavez's support to terrorist FARCAFP
Clara Rojas released by FARC has embraced and played again with her 3 years old son EmmanuelThe New York Times
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela asked President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe to eliminate the labeling of FARC as a terrorist group since Mr. Chavez thinks that FARC is a regular army with a political ideology.El Tiempo
11 bodies of the Valle del Cauca deputies arrive in Cali after the FARC guerrilla released them through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).eltiempo.com
Tomás Medina Caracas, a FARC commander and cocaine trafficker is killed in a military raid.Herald Tribune
Juan Carlos "Chupeta" Ramirez-Abadia - Norte del Valle Cartel cocaine trafficker is apprehended.Radio Caracol
The National Liberation Army guerrilla group (ELN) calls off peace talks with the Colombian government.CNN
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History (High priority)

Awá - Coconuco - Guambiano - Kankuamo - Mokaná - Kogui - Pacabuy - Pastos - Totoró - Umbrá - Wiwa - Yanacona - History of Colombia - Indigenous peoples in Colombia - San Agustín, Huila - Arhuacos - Camsá language - Paez people - Paezan languages - U'wa people - Santiago Pérez de Manosalba - Inga - Tama - Guanes - Páez language - Pijao - Sutagaos - Carib

Geography (High priority)

Natural regions of Colombia

Biodiversity

Biodiversity of Colombia - Fauna of Colombia - Flora of Colombia

Culture (High priority)

Colombian numerals

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Social structure of Colombia - Colombian middle class - Colombian upper class - Colombian working class - Colombian lower class

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  • Miguel Jimenez
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People (Medium priority)

Carlos Eugenio Restrepo – Jorge Reynolds – Manuel Antonio Sanclemente – Gustavo de Greiff - Guillermo Pallomari - Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento - Gustavo Petro

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Ernesto McCausland

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Fiscalia General de la Nacion - Cuerpo Tecnico de Investigacion (CTI) - Ley de Justicia y Paz - Acuerdo de Ralito - Guerrillas in Colombia - Chambacú case - Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario - Aerocivil Demobilization process Farcpolitics scandal Yidispolitics scandal

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Tourism in Colombia


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