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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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Bogota D.C.. The capital city of Colombia was founded with the name of 'Santa Fe', then it became Santafe de Bogota in honour of the Bacata Indians in the area, then it became Bogota, then Santafe de Bogota, D.C. and finally, it's Bogota, D.C. right now.
San Andres y Providencia. San Andres and Providencia is the only island-state (departamento) in Colombia. It is located in front of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast Line. It is actually closer to Nicaragua than it is from Colombia.
Cucuta. Cucuta is the most important city on the border with Venezuela. It's a very commercial city.
Leticia. Leticia is the largest city in the Colombian Amazon Jungle.
5. Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Panama
Pico Bolivar and Pico Colon. Pico Bolivar and Pico Colon are the highest points in Colombia. They're on the 'sierra nevada de santa marta' and it's the highest mountain next to an ocean in the world. You can see a snow capped mountain when you're at the beach.
None. The Colombian Flag doesn't have any stars. It has 3 tripes, yellow is on top and it's half of the flag. The other half is divided in 2 stripes: blue in the middle and red on the bottom.
| Which one of Colombia's neighbours belonged to Colombia and gained independence in 1903? | All About Colombia
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Panama. Panama was one of Colombia's states (departamentos)
Republic of Colombia. Hey guys, it's Colombia, not Columbia.
| What Colombian City was the centre for slave commerce during the XVI and XVIII Centuries? | All About Colombia
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Cartagena. Cartagena was founded in the XVI century, and the slave trade flourished there into the XVIII century (which ended in 1801).
| What is Colombia's most important airline and also the first one in the Americas? | All About Colombia
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| Colombia has 95 per cent of all the emeralds in the world. What state (departamento) are they located? | All About Colombia
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| Antioquia is one of Colombia's richest departments (states), what is the capital city? | All About Colombia
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| Colombians love soccer. How many times has Colombia been in World Cup Soccer? | All About Colombia
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Emerald. Some of the rarest and most expensive emeralds in the world come from three main emerald mining areas in Colombia: Muzo, Coscuez, and Chivor.
Coffee. Colombia is the second largest exporter of coffee, it exports over 672 million-kg of coffee a year, which makes up over 12% of the world's coffee trade
Boyaca. Simon Bolivar was born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela and died on December 17, 1830 in Santa Marta, Colombia
Fernando Botero. Fernando Botero was born in Medellin, Colombia, on 19 April 1932, In 1993 he was honored with an exhibition of his sculpture along the Champs Elysees, the first non-French artist to exhibit at this venue.
Flowers. Colombia is the second largest fresh cut flower exporter in the world and its flowers are beautiful, fresh and of a very good quality
Guatavita. Fifty kilometers from Bogota is the colonial town of Guatavita and the famous Laguna de Guatavita, the ritual center and sacred lake of the Musica Indians, and the cradle of the El Dorado myth.
| From what region does the "Champus" come from? | Colombia
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Valle del Cauca. The Champus is a drink made from lulo, a sour fruit, and maiz peto which is a kind of corn.
A type of music. Vallenato rules! Rafael Escalona, Carlos Vives, Alejo Durán, Jaime Molina, they are all artists of this type of music.
| From what year was it possible for women to vote? | Colombia
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1957. Rojas Pinilla made it possible. He was born in the year 1900 in Boyaca. He was president of Colombia from 1953 to 1957.
| What is the animal that represents the country? | Colombia
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Condor. The majestic Andean Condor.
| What city is known as the city of the bridges? | Colombia
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Honda, Tolima. Honda has a lot of bridges that cross the river Magdalena and others.
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