Colombia
Colombia (officially Republic of Colombia) is a country in South America, with its capital at Bogotá, and is home to roughly 52.9M people.
Spanish is the official language; the currency in circulation is Colombian peso ($); people from here are called Colombian.
- »It is the only South American country with coastlines on both the Pacific and the Caribbean.
- »Colombia is among the most biodiverse countries on Earth and holds more bird species than any other.
Colombia straddles the equator.
Colombia touches five neighbours: Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador to the southwest, Panama to the northwest, Peru to the south and Venezuela to the northeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Bogotá sits at about 2,640 m on a high plateau, one of the highest large cities anywhere, and was founded on the site of a Muisca settlement.
1,139,088 km² (439,804 sq mi), 25th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Ethiopia.
Population 52,886,363, 28th of 198 on file. That averages 46 per km² (120 per sq mi).
Yellow for the gold of the land, blue for the two oceans it touches, red for the blood spilled for independence. The yellow band is twice the height of the others.
Close enough to Ecuador's flag to cost you a guess.
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