Colombia - Kolumbia

Columbia
location
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Main information
Capital city	Bogota
Political system	republic
Currency	Colombian peso
Surface	1 138 910
Population	49 065 615
Tongue	Spanish
religion	Catholicism
Code	57
Internet domain	.What
Time zone	UTC-05: 00↗

Columbia - the state in the northwest South America lying on the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Characteristic

Geography

Climate

History

Policy

Economy

Drive

By car

By plane

The largest airport is Bogota-El Dorado International Airport.

By ship

Regions

Colombia is divided into 32 departments (departamentos) and a capital district (distrito capital).

List of departments (their capitals in parentheses):

   Amazonas (Leticia) Antioquia (Medellín) Arauca (Arauca) Atlántico (Barranquilla) Bolívar (Cartagena) Boyacá (Tunja) Caldas (Manizales) Caquetá (Florencia) Casanare (Yopal) Cauca (Popayán) Cesar (Colombia) (Valledupar) Chocó (Valledupar) Chocó ) Córdoba (Montería) Cundinamarca (Bogota) Guainía (Puerto Inírida) Guaviare (San José del Guaviare) Huila (Neiva) La Guajira (Riohacha) Magdalena (Santa Marta) Meta (Villavicencio) Nariño (Pasto) Norte de Santander (Cúcuta) Putumayo (Mocoa) Quindío (Armenia) Risaralda (Pereira) San Andrés and Providencia (San Andrés) Santander (Bucaramanga) Sucre (Sincelejo) Tolima (Ibagué) Valle del Cauca (Cali) Vaupés (Mitú) Vichada (Puerto Carreño) Bogota 

The departments are divided into municipalities (municipios) and they, in turn, into corregimientos.

Cities

According to official data from 2011, Colombia had over 200 cities with a population of over 7,000. residents. The largest city is the capital of Bogotá, located almost in the center of the country - it was the only city with over 5 million inhabitants; 3 cities with a population of 1 ÷ 5 million; 5 cities with a population of 500 ÷ 1000 thousand; 33 cities with a population of 100,000 ÷ 500,000; 44 cities with a population of 50,000 ÷ 100,000; 58 cities with a population of 25,000 ÷ 50,000 and the rest of the cities below 25,000 residents.

• Bogota
• Barranquilla
• Bucaramanga
• Cali
• Cartagena de Indias
• Medellín
• Pereira
• Pasto
• Popayán

Interesting places

Desert of Dieserto De Tattacoa

Objects from the UNESCO World Heritage List

• National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro
• Archaeological Park of San Agustín
• Los Katios National Park
• Harbor, fortresses and the historic complex of Cartagena
• Malpelo fauna and flora reserve
• Historic complex in Santa Cruz de Mompox

Transport

Tongue

The official language is Spanish.

Shopping

Gastronomy

Accommodation

Preparations

Health

contact

Diplomatic representations

Diplomatic missions accredited in Colombia

Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Apartado Aereo 101363 Unicentro

Carrera 21 bis No 104A-15, Bogota

Telephone: 571 214 04 00

Fax: 571 214 08 54

Web page: https://bogota.msz.gov.pl/pl/

E-mail: [email protected]

Diplomatic representations accredited in Poland

Embassy of Colombia in Warsaw

ul. Winners 29

03-936 Warsaw

Phone: 48 22 617 71 57

Fax: 48 22 617 66 84

Web page: http://polonia.embajada.gov.co/

E-mail: [email protected]