Columbia shares it border with Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. It is surrounded by Caribbean Sea, panama and Pacific Ocean.  Columbia shares it maritime border with Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua.Officially, Columbia is known as “Republic of Columbia” earlier it was known as smithon.

Columbia was colonized by Spain in it early period and Spain has left deep impact on its culture and society.
Spanish is the official language of Columbia until now.
Most of the people of Columbia follow Roman Catholic religion.
The national currency of Columbia is peso.
The capital city of Columbia is Bogotá.
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Columbia follows the system of presidential republic; president is elected by the citizens through election.
Columbia got its independence from Spain in the year 1810 but its independence was recognized in the year 1819.

Mestizo, white, mulatto, black zembo, mostly populates the land of Columbia and Amerindian, these are the main ethnic group of the land.

Population wise it is the 29th largest country in the world and second in south America ,it comes next to Brazil in terms of population.

Columbia is the third largest Spanish speaking country in the world.

Santa Marta was the first permanent Spanish settlement founded in 1525.

Most flourishing industries of Columbia are textile, oil, food processing, clothing, footwear, chemical, gold, coal and emerald.
The culture of Columbia is the perfect amalgamation of Native American, Spanish and other European races including African, American, Caribbean and Latin American cultures. 

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