188px An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Colombia The following

outline Outline or outlining may refer to: * Outline (list), a document summary, in hierarchical list format * Code folding, a method of hiding or collapsing code or text to see content in outline form * Outline drawing, a sketch depicting the outer edge ...

is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Colombia:

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

– tropical

equatorial country The equator is a circle of latitude, about in circumference, that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. It is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, halfway between the North and South poles. The term can also b ...

located in northern South America. It is the most megadiverse country in the world (per square kilometer).Luis Fernando Potes
Megadiversidad
. prodiversitas.bioetica.org The majority of its urban centres are located in the highlands of the

Andes mountains The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the List of mountain ranges#Mountain ranges by length, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range i ...

, but Colombian territory also encompasses

Amazon rainforest The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...

tropical grassland The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

and both Caribbean and Pacific coastlines. Colombia is a middle power, and is the third largest economy in Latin America, and the second largest in South America.

General reference

image:Colombia-CIA WFB Map.png, An enlargeable basic map of

* International Phonetic Alphabet, Pronunciation: ** * Common English country name:

* Official English country name: The Republic of Colombia * Common

endonym An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...

(s):

* Official endonym(s): República de Colombia * Adjectival(s): Colombian *

Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...

(s): Colombian * Etymology: Name of Colombia * International rankings of Colombia * ISO country codes: CO, COL, 170 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CO * Internet country code top-level domain:

.co .co is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Colombia. It is administered by .CO Internet S.A.S.,

Geography of Colombia

image:Colombia Topography.png, An enlargeable topographic map of

Geography of Colombia * Colombia is: a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse Nation state, country * Location: ** Western Hemisphere, on the Equator *** South America **

Time in Colombia Colombia has one time zone, Colombia Time (COT), which is located in the UTC−05:00 zone, 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Its standard time zone abbreviation is COT.Worldtimezone.coTime zone names - Colombia Time Retrieved April ...

*** Time zone: UTC-05 ** Extreme points of Colombia *** High:

Pico Cristóbal Colón Pico Cristóbal Colón is the highest mountain in Colombia, with an estimated height of . Pico Cristóbal Colón and Pico Simón Bolívar are the two highest peaks in Colombia and are equal in elevation. One or the other of these peaks is therefo ...

or Pico Simón Bolívar *** Low: North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea 0 m ** Land boundaries: 6,309 km :: 2,050 km :: 1,800 km :: 1,644 km :: 590 km :: 225 km :* Coastline: 3,208 km :** Caribbean Sea 1,760 km :** North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km * Population of Colombia: 44,603,000 (October 13, 2008) - 29th most populous country * * Area of Colombia: 1,141,748 km² * Atlas of Colombia

Environment of Colombia

image:Colombia SatPic BMNG.png, An enlargeable satellite image of

Environment of Colombia * Climate of Colombia * Environmental issues in Colombia ** Deforestation in Colombia ** Natural hazards in Colombia * Natural regions of Colombia, Ecoregions in Colombia *

Renewable energy in Colombia Colombia has 28.1 Megawatt installed capacity of renewable energy (excluding large hydropower), consisting mainly of wind power. This supplies 1% of the country's needs. The country has significant wind and solar resources that remain largely unexp ...

Geology of Colombia Geology of Colombia refers to the geological composition of the Republic of Colombia that determines its geography. Most of the emerged territory of Colombia covers vast areas within the South American plate, whereas much submerged territory lie ...

* Protected areas of Colombia ** Archaeological sites in Colombia ** Biosphere reserves in Colombia ** National parks of Colombia * Wildlife of Colombia ** Flora of Colombia ** Fauna of Colombia ***

Birds of Colombia Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

*** Mammals of Colombia

Natural geographic features of Colombia

Glaciers of Colombia A glacier ( ) or () is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation (phase transition), sublimation) over many years, often ce ...

* Islands of Colombia * Mountains of Colombia ** Volcanoes in Colombia * Rivers of Colombia *

World Heritage Sites in Colombia In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

* Valleys and Plateaus of Colombia

Regions of Colombia

Regions of Colombia * Caribbean Region of Colombia

Ecoregions of Colombia

Administrative divisions of Colombia

Administrative divisions of Colombia Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two Departments of Colombia, departments (Spanish language, Spanish: ''departamentos'', sing. ''departamento'') and a Bogota, Capital District (''Distrito Capital''). Each department has a Governor ...

* Districts of Colombia ** Municipalities of Colombia

= Districts of Colombia

= Municipalities of Colombia

= Municipalities of Colombia *

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of Colombia:

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

* Cities of Colombia

Demography of Colombia

Demographics of Colombia

Government and politics of Colombia

Politics of Colombia The Politics of Colombia take place in a framework of a presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Colombia is both head of state and head of government, and of a mu ...

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

unitary Unitary may refer to: Mathematics * Unitary divisor * Unitary element * Unitary group * Unitary matrix * Unitary morphism * Unitary operator * Unitary transformation * Unitary representation * Unitarity (physics) * ''E''-unitary inverse semigroup ...

presidential President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese fu ...

welfare state *

of Colombia:

* Elections in Colombia *

Political parties in Colombia This article lists political parties in Colombia. Colombia had historically maintained a two-party system, which means that there were two dominant political parties, resulting in considerable difficulty for anybody to achieve major electoral s ...

* Political scandals of Colombia * Security issues in Colombia * Taxation in Colombia *

Trade unions in Colombia ''see also'' ''Human rights in Colombia'' Trade unions in Colombia were, until around 1990, among the strongest in Latin America. However the 1980s expansion of paramilitarism in Colombia saw trade union leaders and members increasingly targeted fo ...

Branches of government

Government of Colombia

Executive branch of the government of Colombia

Executive Branch of Colombia * Head of state & Head of government: President of Colombia, Vice President of Colombia * Entities in the executive branch of Colombia **

Cabinet of Colombia The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Colombia is composed of the most senior appointed politicians of the executive branch of the Government of Colombia. Members of the Cabinet are generally the heads of a Ministry Department. The exist ...

** Control Institutions in Colombia ***

Office of the Comptroller General of Colombia The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Colombia ( es, Contraloría General de la República de Colombia) is a Colombian independent government institution that acts as the highest form of fiscal control in the country. As such, i ...

*** Office of the Inspector General of Colombia *** Ombudsman's Office of Colombia

Legislative branch of the government of Colombia

Legislative Branch of Colombia The Legislative Branch of Government in Colombia is one of the three branches of the government of Colombia under the Constitutional provision of separation of powers. The legislative branch of government is represented by the Congress of Colombi ...

* Congress of Colombia (

bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single grou ...

) ** Upper house: Senate of Colombia **

Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

: Chamber of Representatives of Colombia

Judicial branch of the government of Colombia

Judicial Branch of Colombia The judiciary of Colombia ( es, Rama Judicial de Colombia) is a branch of the State of Colombia that interprets and applies the laws of Colombia, to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution. The judiciary ...

Supreme Court of Colombia The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia ( es, Corte Suprema de Justicia de Colombia) in Bogotá is the highest judicial body in civil and penal matters and issues of criminal and civil procedure in Colombia. The Supreme Court of Colombia is th ...

Constitutional Court of Colombia The Constitutional Court of Colombia ( es, Corte Constitucional de Colombia) is the supreme constitutional court of Colombia. Part of the Judiciary, it is the final appellate court for matters involving interpretation of the Constitution with ...

Superior Council of Judicature Superior Council of Judicature ( es, Consejo Superior de la Judicatura) is Colombian institution part of the judicial branch of Colombia in charge of adopting a yearly report which is presented to the Congress of Colombia with a detailed report on ...

Attorney General of Colombia The Office of the Attorney General of Colombia ( es, Fiscalía General de la Nación; literally "General Prosecutorial Office of the Nation") is the Colombian institution part of the Colombian judicial branch of Government with administrative a ...

Foreign relations of Colombia

Foreign relations of Colombia Colombia seeks diplomatic and commercial relations with all countries, regardless of their ideologies or political or economic systems. For this reason, the Colombian economy is quite open, relying on international trade and following guidelines ...

* Diplomatic missions in Colombia *

Diplomatic missions of Colombia This is a list of diplomatic missions of Colombia https://tramites.cancilleria.gov.co/ApostillaLegalizacion/directorio/misionesExterior.aspx Colombia currently has 64 embassies. Honorary consulates and the overseas offices of ProColombia are excl ...

** Ambassador of Colombia to the United States

International organization membership

The Republic of Colombia is a member of: *

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean The OPANAL (which stands for el Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes a non-aggression pact and nuclear disarmament in much of the Americas. In Eng ...

(OPANAL) *

Andean Community of Nations The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S l ...

(CAN) *

Caribbean Community and Common Market The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...

(Caricom) (observer) * Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) *

Central American Bank for Economic Integration The Central American Bank for Economic Integration - CABEI ( BCIE in Spanish) was founded in 1960. It is an international multilateral development financial institution. Its resources are invested in projects that foster development to reduce pov ...

(BCIE) * Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) * Group of Three (G3) * Group of 24 (G24) *

Group of 77 The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 134 developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 fou ...

(G77) *

Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribb ...

(IADB) *

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

(IAEA) *

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) * International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) * International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) * International Criminal Court (ICCt) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) *

International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address ...

(IFAD) * International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) * International Labour Organization (ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

(IMO) * International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) * International Monetary Fund (IMF) * International Olympic Committee (IOC) * International Organization for Migration (IOM) * International Organization for Standardization (ISO) *

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, an ...

(ICRM) * International Telecommunication Union (ITU) * International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) * International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) *

Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; french: Union Interparlementaire, UIP) is an inter-parliamentary institution, international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and coop ...

(IPU) *

Latin American Economic System The Latin American and the Caribbean Economic System, officially known as Sistema Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe (SELA), is an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic cooperation and social development between Latin American and th ...

(LAES) * Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *

Nonaligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The movement originated in the aftermath ...

(NAM) * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) *

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...

(OAS) * Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) *

Rio Group The Rio Group (G-Rio) was a permanent association of political consultation of Latin America and Caribbean countries, created in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 18, 1986 with the purpose of creating a better political relationship among the cou ...

(RG) *

Southern Cone Common Market The Southern Common Market, commonly known by Spanish abbreviation Mercosur, and Portuguese Mercosul, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Arge ...

(Mercosur) (associate) *''

Unión Latina The Latin Union is an international organization of nations that use Romance languages, whose activities have been suspended since 2012. Headquartered in Paris, France, its aim is to protect, project, and promote the common cultural heritage of ...

'' * United Nations (UN) * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) * United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) * United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) * United Nations Security Council * Universal Postal Union (UPU) * World Confederation of Labour (WCL) * World Customs Organization (WCO) * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) * World Health Organization (WHO) * World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) * World Meteorological Organization (WMO) * World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) * World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Colombia

Law of Colombia * Animal rights in Colombia * Constitution of Colombia *

Crime in Colombia Colombia has a very high crime rate due to being a center for the cultivation and trafficking of cocaine. The Colombian conflict began in the mid-1960s and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, ...

** Abortion in Colombia ** Cannabis in Colombia ** Domestic violence in Colombia **

Illegal drug trade in Colombia The illegal drug trade in Colombia has, since the 1970s, centered successively on four major drug trafficking cartels: Medellín, Cali, Norte del Valle, and North Coast, as well as several ''bandas criminales'', or BACRIMs. The trade eventua ...

Kidnappings in Colombia Kidnappings in Colombia refers to the practice of kidnapping in the Republic of Colombia. This criminal practice was first introduced in modern Colombian history during the early 1970s by the guerrilla movements and, later, also by criminal grou ...

Human rights in Colombia Colombia is a sovereign state situated in South America. It has been a member of the United Nations since 5 November 1945, and is party to a variety of international agreements concerning human rights. It also has a series of domestic laws conc ...

Children's rights in Colombia Children' rights in Colombia ( es, Derechos de los niños en Colombia) is the status of children's rights in the Republic of Colombia. Colombia signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and later ratified the CRC on September 2, 199 ...

LGBT rights in Colombia Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Colombia are among the most advanced in the Americas and throughout the world, and have substantially progressed since consensual homosexual activity was decriminalized in 1981. Between ...

***

Recognition of same-sex unions in Colombia Same-sex marriage in Colombia has been legal since 28 April 2016 in accordance with a 6–3 ruling from the Constitutional Court of Colombia that banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional under the Constitution of Colombia. The decision took ...

** Office of the Inspector General of Colombia **

Freedom of religion in Colombia Freedom of religion in Colombia is enforced by the State and well tolerated in the Colombian culture. The Republic of Colombia has an area of 439,735 square miles (1,138,908 square kilometers) and its population is estimated at 46 million. Altho ...

** Ombudsman's Office of Colombia **

Prostitution in Colombia Prostitution in Colombia is legal, regulated and limited to brothels in designated "tolerance zones". Sex workers are required to have regular health checks. However, the laws are rarely applied and prostitution is widespread, partly due to poverty ...

** Women's rights in Colombia * National Police of Colombia

Military of Colombia

Military of Colombia * Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of Colombia * Forces **

Army of Colombia The National Army of Colombia ( es, Ejército Nacional de Colombia) is the land warfare service branch of the Military Forces of Colombia. With over 361,420 active personnel as of 2020, it is the largest and oldest service branch in Colombia, an ...

** Navy of Colombia **

Air Force of Colombia , "We are the Force" , colours = , colours_label = , march = Colombian Air Force Hymn , mascot = Capitan Paz , anniversaries = 8 November , ...

Military ranks of Colombia The Military ranks of the Colombian armed forces consist of the list and ordering of the different military ranks, for the Officers, Non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and soldiers, seamen and airmen (" other ranks") of the Military Forces of Colomb ...

Local government in Colombia

History of Colombia

By period

* Armero tragedy

By region

History of Cartagena, Colombia This article is the History of Cartagena, Colombia. Pre-Columbian era: 7000 BC – 1500 AD The Caribbean region, particularly in the area from the Sinú River delta to the Cartagena de Indias bay, appears to be the first documented human community ...

By subject

CIA activities in Colombia The Central Intelligence Agency focuses on fighting two major conflicts, the cultivation and trafficking of cocaine and the local extremist groups in Colombia. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is one of the main extremist groups i ...

Constitutional history of Colombia The constitutional history of Colombia is the process of formation and evolution of the different constitutions that Colombia has had since its formation. Pre-Columbian and Spanish times The indigenous nations that inhabited the present te ...

* History of the Colombian National Police *

History of Internet in Colombia Access to the Internet in Colombia shows a marked increase during the last few years. As of September 2009, the web connections surpassed two million, as compared with an estimated total of 900,000 Internet subscribers by the end of 2005. The cur ...

Postage stamps and postal history of Colombia Colombia is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered by Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. With a population of over 45 million people, Colombia has the second largest popula ...

Massacres in Colombia A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

* Military history of Colombia ** History of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ** Paramilitarism in Colombia **

Guerrilla movements in Colombia Guerrilla movements in Colombia ( es, guerrilleros) refers to the origins, development and actions of guerrilla movements in the Republic of Colombia. In the context of the ongoing Colombian conflict, the term 'guerrilla' is used to refer to left- ...

** Timeline of Colombian armed conflict

Culture of Colombia

Culture of Colombia * Architecture of Colombia ** Tallest buildings in Colombia *

Carnival in Colombia The carnival in Colombia was introduced by the Spaniards. The Colombian carnival has incorporated elements from European culture, and has managed to syncretise, or re-interpret, traditions that belonged to the African and Amerindian cultures of ...

Cuisine of Colombia Colombian cuisine is a compound of the culinary traditions of the six main regions within Colombia (Pacific, Amazonian, Andean, Orinoco, Caribbean, and Insular). Colombian cuisine varies regionally and is particularly influenced by Indigenous ...

** Colombian cuisine dishes *

Festivals in Colombia The following is a list of festivals in Colombia, including arts festivals, music festivals, folk festivals, and cultural festivals, among other types. Festivals by type Traditional and cultural Colombian festivals January *Campeonato de Vol ...

Humor in Colombia Colombian Comedy is comedy made in Colombia or by Colombians outside of Colombia. Although Colombia does not have a tradition of comedy and comedians compared to other Spanish speaking countries such as Mexico or Spain, it still has important featur ...

Languages of Colombia More than 99.5% of Colombians speak the Spanish language; also 65 Amerindian languages, 2 Creole languages, the Portuguese language and the Romani language are spoken in the country. English has official status in the San Andrés, Providencia an ...

Media in Colombia Mass media in Colombia refers to Mass media available in Colombia consisting of several different types of communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Web sites. Colombia also has a national music ind ...

** Television in Colombia * National symbols of Colombia ** Coat of arms of Colombia ** Flag of Colombia ** National anthem of Colombia * People of Colombia ** Colombian diaspora ** Indigenous peoples in Colombia ** Minorities in Colombia ***

LGBT in Colombia The initialism LGBT is used to refer collectively to lesbian, lesbian, gay, gay, bisexuality, bisexual, and transgender, transgender (LGBT) people and members of the specific group and to the ''community'' (subculture) that surrounds them. This can ...

***

Arab diaspora in Colombia Arab Colombians refers to Arab immigrants and their descendants in the Republic of Colombia. Most of the Arab Middle Easterners came from Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Palestine escaping from the repression of the Turkish Ottoman Empire and finan ...

* Public holidays in Colombia *

Scouting and guiding in Colombia There are at least four nationwide operating Scouting and Guiding organizations in Colombia: * Asociación Scouts de Colombia (''Scout Association of Colombia''); member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement; co-educational, 13,348 m ...

Smoking in Colombia Smoking in Colombia was banned in May 2008 in public transport vehicles, hospitals, kindergartens and schools, bars, clubs, restaurants, business centers and airports. Smoking areas in enclosed public places were also banned. Prevalence There ...

Art in Colombia

Art of Colombia Colombian art has 3500 years of history and covers a wide range of media and styles ranging from Spanish Baroque devotional painting to Quimbaya gold craftwork to the "lyrical americanism" of painter Alejandro Obregón (1920–1992). Perhaps the ...

* Artists of Colombia *

Cinema of Colombia Cinema of Colombia refers to the film industry based in Colombia. Colombian cinema began in 1897 and has included silent films, animated films and internationally acclaimed films. Government support included an effort in the 1970s to develop th ...

** Films of Colombia *** Colombian Academy Award winners and nominees *

Literature of Colombia Colombian literature, as an expression of the culture of Colombia, is heterogeneous due to the coexistence of Spanish, African and Native American heritages in an extremely diverse geography. Five distinct historical and cultural traditions can ...

** Writers of Colombia *

Music of Colombia The music of Colombia is an expression of Colombian culture, music genres, both traditional and modern, according with the features of each geographic region, although it is not uncommon to find different musical styles in the same region. The ...

Glossary of Colombian music This page is a glossary of Colombian music. A * agüelulo – A teenage gathering, originally held in private homes and then larger spaces; a teenager who frequented such a place was a ''agüelero'' or sometimes a ''cocacolos'', after the main b ...

* Television in Colombia ** Television series of Colombia *

Video gaming in Colombia Video gaming is a growing sector in Colombia. The medium has been popular in the country since the 1980s in video gaming, 1980s, but little local development had taken place until the turn of the 21st century. As the country has been producing many ...

Religion in Colombia

* Religion in Colombia ** Bahá'í Faith in Colombia **

Christianity in Colombia The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) does not collect religious statistics, and accurate reports are difficult to obtain. However, based on various studies and a survey, about 90% of the population adheres to Christianity, th ...

*** Roman Catholicism in Colombia **** Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia ** Hinduism in Colombia ** Islam in Colombia

Sports in Colombia

Sports in Colombia *

Football in Colombia Football is the most popular sport in Colombia (according to FIFA, there are 3,043,229 players total, 291,229 of which are registered and 2,752,000 are unregistered; with 2,773 clubs and 15,800 officials). The Colombian national league ranks 9t ...

Football clubs in Colombia Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

** Football stadiums in Colombia *

Colombia at the Olympics Colombia first formally participated at the Olympic Games in 1932, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one edition of the Summer Olympic Games since then, missing only the 1952 Games. Colombian athletes have won a total of 34 Olympic ...

Rugby union in Colombia Rugby union in Colombia is a minor but growing sport, with around 15,000 registered players and 80 rugby union clubs in Colombia. The Colombian national team is currently ranked 44th by World Rugby. The governing body is the Colombian Rugby Fed ...

Underwater rugby in Colombia Underwater rugby (UWR) is an underwater team sport. During a match two teams try to score a negatively buoyant ball (filled with saltwater) into the opponents’ goal at the bottom of a swimming pool. It originated from within the physical ...

Economy and infrastructure of Colombia

Economy of Colombia The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product. Colombia has experienced a historic economic boom over the last decade. Throughout most of the 20th century, Colombia was Latin America's 4th ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 40th (fortieth) * Agriculture in Colombia **

Coca production in Colombia In 2012, coca production in Colombia amounted to 0.2% of Colombia's overall GDP and 3% of Colombia's GDP related to the agricultural sector. The great majority of coca cultivation takes place in the departments of Putumayo, Caquetá, Meta, Guav ...

** Coffee production in Colombia ** Irrigation in Colombia *

Banking in Colombia This is a list of the banks in the Americas. Largest banks in the Americas The 15 largest banks in the Americas by total assets, as of 2019. Argentina See :Banks of Argentina Bahamas Central bank *Central Bank of The Bahamas Government-ow ...

Bank of the Republic The Bank of the Republic ( es, Banco de la República) is the central bank of Colombia. It was initially established under the regeneration era in 1880. Its main modern functions, under the new Colombian constitution were detailed by Congress ...

* Communications in Colombia **

Internet in Colombia Access to the Internet in Colombia shows a marked increase during the last few years. As of September 2009, the web connections surpassed two million, as compared with an estimated total of 900,000 Internet subscribers by the end of 2005. The curr ...

***

Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre LACNIC (Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre; , ) is the regional Internet registry for the Latin American and Caribbean regions. LACNIC provides number resource allocation and registration services that support the global oper ...

** Postal codes in Colombia ** Telephone numbers in Colombia * Companies of Colombia * Currency of Colombia: Peso **

ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual cu ...

: COP * Energy in Colombia **

Hydroelectric power in Colombia With seventy percent of Colombia's power generation, hydroelectric power is a very important national energy source. The total large hydropower potential for Colombia is estimated at 93GW, with an additional 25GW of small hydropower (<20MW). Howeve ...

** Power stations in Colombia *

Health in Colombia Health care in Colombia refers to the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the Medicine in Colombia, medical, nursing, and allied health professions ...

** Health care in Colombia **

Hospitals in Colombia A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency ...

Medicine in Colombia Health care in Colombia refers to the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the Medicine in Colombia, medical, nursing, and allied health professions ...

Industry of Colombia The share of the industry of Colombia in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) has shifted significantly in the last few decades. Data from the World Bank show that between 1965 and 1989 the share of industry—including construction, manufact ...

Mining in Colombia Mineral industry of Colombia refers to the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials in Colombia. Colombia is well-endowed with minerals and energy resources. It has the largest coal reserves in Latin America, and is second to ...

Poverty in Colombia Poverty statistics In 2017, the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) reported that 26.9% of the population were living below the poverty line, of which 7.4% in "extreme poverty". The multidimensional poverty rate stands at 17.0 ...

Science and technology in Colombia Science and technology in Colombia refers to the development of scientific research and technological innovation in Colombia, and how these in turn affect Colombian society, politics, and culture. Colciencias is a government agency that supports ...

Tourism in Colombia The contribution of travel and tourism to GDP was US$5,880.3bn (2.0% of total GDP) in 2016. Tourism generated 556,135 jobs (2.5% of total employment) in 2016. Foreign tourist visits were predicted to have risen from 0.6 million in 2007 to 4 ...

* Transport in Colombia **

Rapid transit in Colombia Transport in Colombia is regulated by the Ministry of Transport. Road travel is the main means of transport; 69 percent of cargo is transported by road, as compared with 27 percent by railroad, 3 percent by internal waterways, and 1 percent by ai ...

** Airports in Colombia **

Rail transport in Colombia The Colombia railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where t ...

***

Railway stations in Colombia This article contains a list of railway stations in Colombia. Few of these stations are currently served by passenger services since the state-owned Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia (National Railways of Colombia) liquidated in the 1990s. Thi ...

** Roads in Colombia ***

Highways in Colombia Colombian geography presents formidable challenges to roadbuilders, who need to integrate its largest production centers deep within the Andes with major ports in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. All of this creates a heavy premium to road ...

Colombian Stock Exchange The Colombia Securities Exchange ( es, Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, bvc) is a stock exchange which was created as a result of merging three independent stock exchanges: Bogotá (Bolsa de Bogotá, 1928), Medellín (Bolsa de Medellín, 1961) and O ...

* Water supply and sanitation in Colombia **

Water privatization in Colombia Private sector participation (also called "water privatization" or "public-private partnerships", PPP) in water supply and sanitation in Colombia has been more stable and successful than in some other Latin American countries such as Argentina or ...

** Water resources management in Colombia

Education in Colombia

Education in Colombia *

Schools in Colombia A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

* Universities in Colombia

References

Oxfam Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. History Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Colombia