COLOMBIA

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COLOMBIA
By Lindsay Coffey
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About the flag

• The current flag of Colombia was officially
  adopted on December 17th,1819.
• The flag features three horizontal bands of
  yellow, blue, and red.
• As a very popular Colombian kids song says....
  YELLOW is our gold BLUE is our vast seas
  (oceans) and RED is the blood that gave us our
  freedom... (from Spain)

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Ethnic Groups

• The Ethnic Groups of Colombia are
• Mestizo 58
• Mulatto 14
• White 20
• Black 4
• Mixed black- Amerindian 3
• Amerindian 1

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The Religion of Colombia

• The main Religion of Colombia is Roman Catholic

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Quick Facts about Colombia

• Colombia was one of the three countries that
  emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in
  1830 and the others being Ecuador and Venezuela.

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The backround of Colombia

• A 40 year insurgent campaign to overthrow the
  Colombian Government escalated during the 1990's
  undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade.

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Info on Colombia

• Although the violence is deadly and large swaths
  of the countryside are under guerrilla influence

• The movement lacks the military strength or
  popular support necessary to overthrown the
  government.

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The Climate of Colombia

• The Climate of Colombia is
• tropical along coast
• and eastern plains
• cooler in highlands

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More Information

• While Bogota continues to try to negotiate a
  settlement, neighboring countries worry about the
  violence spilling over their borders

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Type of Government
Republic executive branch dominates government
structure
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The Area of Colombia

• The area or Colombia is slightly less then three
  times the size of Montana
• And Colombia has flat coastal lowlands, central
  highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland
  plains.

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Natural Resources

• The natural resources of Colombia are petroleum,
  natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold,
  copper, emeralds, and hydropower

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Natural hazards

• Some natural hazards that have happened in
  Colombia are highlands subject to volcanic
  eruptions , occasional earthquakes and periodic
  droughts.

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Population and Age Structure

• the population of Colombia is 40,349,388

The age structure of Colombia is 0-14 years
31.88 (male 6,354,454 and female 6,354,454
15-64 years 63.37 (male 12,452,182 female
13,117,707) 65 years and over 4.75 (male
859,967 female 1,057,796)
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Sources

• I got my information at

http//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
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Conclusion

• In Conclusion I would like to say that I hope you
  enjoyed my slide show and learned some more
  things about Colombia because I learned a lot of
  things about it that I didnt know. Thank you