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__Colombian National Anthem(English Version)__
CHORUS: Oh unfading glory! Oh immortal joy! In furrows of pain Good is already germinating.

1. The fearful night came to an end, Liberty sublime Is spreading the dawns Of its invincible light. The whole of humanity, Which is groaning under chains, Understands the words Of the One who died on the Cross.

2. "Independence" cries The American world; In heroes' is bathing The Land of Columbus. But this great principle: "The King is not sovereign", Resounds, and those who suffer Praise the passion in it.

[|Map of Colombia]

__Relative Location:__
Bogota is located in the center of the country, and on the eastern side of the [|sanbana de bogota].

__Capital:__
Bogota (4 36N, 74 05W)

__Major Cities:__
1.Medellin 2.Cali 3.Barranquilla 4.Bucaramanga

__[[image:http://media.maps.com/magellan/images/colombiarah.gif link="http://www.maps.com/ref_map.aspx?cid=694&pid=11975&nav=MS"]] Physical Features:__
<__Andes Mountain Range__ is one of the higest and longest mountain ranges in the world. It runs along the west coast of South America. The latitude runs from 10 degrees north to 57 degrees south. The longitude runs from 70 degrees west and 80 degrees east. [|Link] <__Magdalena River__ is the principal river of Columbia. It runs about 1,540 kilometers (950 miles). It goes from south to north through the western half of the country.[|Link] <__[|Cordillera|Central]__ is one of five cordillera montain ranges; there is one in the Dominican Republic,Puerto Rico, Costa Rico, and one in Luzon in the Philippines.

__Climate__


Summer is the principal rainy season there is no specific dry season.Eastern carribean and pacific coastal lowlands get high temps and high humidity all year round with rainfall of 40 inches (avg.) a year. Conditions are cooler in the moutains and the climate can vary with winds,etc. [|climate]
 * __Weather Forcast for 2/2/07:__ City |||||| Current || City |||||| Current ||
 * [|Arauca, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 84° ||  || [|Medellín, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 70° ||   ||
 * [|Armenia, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/34.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 77° ||  || [|Montería, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 84° ||   ||
 * [|Barrancabermeja, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 81° ||  || [|Neiva, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/28.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 82° ||   ||
 * [|Barranquilla, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 88° ||  || [|Pasto, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/34.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 64° ||   ||
 * [|Bogotá, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/44.gif width="35" height="21"]] || NA ||  || [|Pereira, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/34.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 77° ||   ||
 * [|Bucaramanga, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 81° ||  || [|Popayán, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/28.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 82° ||   ||
 * [|Cúcuta, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 91° ||  || [|Riohacha, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 88° ||   ||
 * [|Cali, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/28.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 82° ||  || [|Santa Marta, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 88° ||   ||
 * [|Cartagena, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 84° ||  || [|Sincelejo, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 84° ||   ||
 * [|El Banco, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 91° ||  || [|Socorro, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 81° ||   ||
 * [|Florencia, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/28.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 82° ||  || [|Tumaco, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/34.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 64° ||   ||
 * [|Floridablanca, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 81° ||  || [|Tunja, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 81° ||   ||
 * [|Ibagué, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/34.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 77° ||  || [|Valledupar, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 88° ||   ||
 * [|Maicao, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 88° ||  || [|Villavicencio, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/44.gif width="35" height="21"]] || NA ||   ||
 * [|Manizales, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/34.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 77° ||  || [|Yopal, COL] || [[image:http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-US/saw/32.gif width="35" height="21"]] || 81° ||

__Popilation__
In the year 2003 the population was estimated as 44,222,000.

__Language__
People in Colombia mostly speak Spanish like most of Central America.

__Religon__
The Colombians are Roman chatholic 90%, other 10%

__Life Expectancy (male)__
68.15 years

__Life Expectancy (female)__
75.96 years

__Literecy rate(male)__
92.5%

__Literecy rate(female)__
92.6%

__Ethnic groups__
mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed-black Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1% [|factbook]

__Cultural pictures__


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__Government:__
__President:__ Alvaro URIBE Velez (since 2002)

__Vice President:__ Francisco SANTOS (since 2002) __Currency:__ peso; one colombian peso=0.000446094379 United States dollars

__[|Facts and Statistics:]__
1.) 80% of the children attend school.

2.) Infant mortality rate--25/1,000.

3.) Colombia is the 3rd most populous place in Latin America.

4.) 30 cities in Colombia have the population of 100,000 or more.

5.) Some of Colombia's agricultural products are coffee, bananas, cut flowers, cotton, sugar,livesstock, corn, potatoes,etc.

6.) [|Univesities in Colombia]

7.) rate in Colombia is 5.58 s/1,000 population(2006 est.)

8.) The birth rate in Colombia is 20.48 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

9.) Colombia is just under three times the size of Montana.

10.) In 2004 the estimate of people who were [|unemployed] was 13.6%.

__Timeline:__
1810- JUl. 20, Colombia declared independence. 1948-1957- 2250,000 to 300,000 1993- Pablo Escobar, Medellin -cartel leader, shot while trying to evade arrest. 1998- Andres Pastrana Arango- a Conservative- elected president, begins talks with guerrillas. 1999-a powerful earthquake kills some 1,000 people. Cities of Armenia and Pereira badly hit too. 2006- May- President Uribe wins a second term in office.

There are some [|rainforests] up in the North western area of Colombia. It is east of Panama.

__Movement:__
Major Exports: petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers [|Flight Cost]: A non-stop flight to Bogota, Colombia from the Continental air lines is 479.00. That is for one. Ruled by: Colombia was once ruled by Spain as well as other Northern Latin American countries.

__Region:__
Colombia is located in the western hemisphere.