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Colombia (IPA: /kəˈlʌmbɪə/) officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República e Colombia (help·info), Spanish pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika ðe koˈlombja]), is a country located in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean Sea; to the north-west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia also shares maritime borders with the Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and the Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Trivia about colombia

  • Brazil & Panama
  • Latin American country supplying 90% of the world's emeralds and 70% of the US's illegal drugs
  • Bogota, Bolivar & Boyaca are political divisions of this country
  • This Latin American country is named for a man born in Genoa in 1451
  • In 1921 the United States paid this country $25 million for its loss of Panama 18 years earlier
  • This country has coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean
  • Alvaro Uribe became president of this S. Amer. country in 2002, vowing to get tough on rebels & drug traffickers
  • Panamanians celebrate November 3, the day of their independence from this country
  • Cali Headlands
  • Up to 80% of the counterfeit dollars passed in the U.S. are from this coffee country
  • Medellin,Cartagena,Barranquila
  • Ingrid Betancourt's "Even Silence Has an End" recounts her 6 years of captivity in the jungles of this country
  • Medellin
  • If you decide to go to this country (against U.S. wishes), really avoid the city of Cali
  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez, chronicler of a death foretold
  • In 1902 Panama was still part of this country
  • The northern border of this country is the southern border of Central America
  • This country that borders Brazil also borders Central America
  • On Apr. 26, 1990 Carlos Pizarro became this country's third presidential candidate killed within 9 months
  • In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this country
  • Our Andes are dandy! Only Brazil has more people in South America, but they don't have our coffee. Hail...
  • In March 2008 Ecuador mobilized its troops in response to anti-rebel actions by this neighbor
  • A world famous orchid garden is located in the city of Medellin in this country
  • In July 2008 in this country, rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt was reunited with her kids after 6 years apart
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Most of the territory of the republic of New Granada became this modern-day country from which an isthmus became independent in 1903
  • The U.S. got help in beating this country in World Cup soccer when Andres Escobar scored into his own net
  • A civil war known as The War of a Thousand Days broke out in this South American country in 1899
  • Panama celebrates its independence from this country on November 3
  • Head to South America & you'll discover its capital is Bogota
  • Venezuela,Uruguay,Colombia
  • This country is named after a Genoese explorer
  • On July 20, 2010 this S. American country will kick back with some good coffee to celebrate 200 years of indep.
  • South American president Andres Pastrana
  • We once were Gran, but we're still not bad. From Cartagena to Soledad, hail...
  • This South American country was named for a man born in 1451 in Genoa
  • Ecuador & Venezuela border it(8)
  • In 1903 Panama declared its independence from this country
  • The FARC
  • Pico Cristobal Colon
  • Panama,Colombia,Venezuela
  • Excelso is a grade of coffee from this country, perhaps from Medellin
  • In 1821 Panama broke away from Spanish rule & became a province of this country
  • Portugal,Colombia,Peru
  • Cali, this country's 2nd-most populous city, is a center of paper production & the sugarcane industry
  • The peso is the cash for coffee & cotton in Cali in this country
  • Colombia,Venezuela,Ecuador
  • Andes are dandy / I'm goin' back to Cali / Mmm, that's good coffee
  • South America:President Alvaro Uribe
  • This country's Atrato River flows into the Gulf of Darien
  • Simon Bolivar was born in Venezuela & died in Santa Marta, in this country on Venezuela's west border
  • Zoinks! Thou findest thyself at this South American country's border with Panama
  • President Alvaro Uribe was considered a hero here after the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt in 2008
  • This South American country vs.the ELN, AUC & FARC
  • Shakira
  • On November 11 it celebrates the independence of Cartagena
  • Its coat of arms shows the isthmus of Panama, which was once a part of it

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