Colombia

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Colombia
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Location

• LOCATION AND SIZE
• Colombia is the only South American country with
  both Caribbean and Pacific coastlines. The
  fourth-largest country in South America, it has a
  total area of 1,138,910 square kilometers
  (439,736 square miles), slightly less than three
  times the size of the state of Montana.
  Colombia's total boundary length is 10,657
  kilometers (6,596 miles).
• Colombia's capital city, Bogotá, is located in
  the center of the country.

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PLACEHuman Characteristics

• The predominant racial strain in Colombia is the
  mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian),
  constituting about 50 of the total population.
  An estimated 25 of the inhabitants are of
  unmixed white ancestry, 20 are mulatto
  (black-white) or zambo (black-Indian), 4 are
  black, and 1.5 are pure Amerindian
  (aboriginals).
• The official language, Spanish, is spoken by all
  but a few Amerindian tribes. Spanish as spoken
  and written by educated Colombians is generally
  considered the closest to Castilian Spanish in
  Latin America.
• The vast majority of the country is Roman
  Catholic (93.1). Religious freedom is
  constitutionally guaranteed to the small
  Protestant population and the 6,500 Jews

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PLACEPHYSICAL FEATURES

• The country may be divided into four climatic
  regions by altitude. The hot country, or tierra
  caliente, is the tropical zone, where the mean
  annual temperature is 24c to 27c (75-81f).
  Between 1,100 meters (3,500 feet) and 2,000
  meters (6,500 feet) above sea level is the
  temperate zone, or tierra templada, where the
  average year-round temperature is about 18c
  (64f).
• Between 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) and 3,000
  meters (10,000 feet) is the cold country, or
  tierra fría, with temperatures averaging a little
  over 13c (55f). Above the 3,000-meters
  (10,000-feet) level the temperature varies from
  13c to -17c (55f to 1f), according to
  altitude. The annual mean temperature at the
  capital, Bogotá (altitude 2,598 meters/8,525
  feet), is 14c (57f). Rainfall is heaviest on
  the west coast and in the Andean area

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How people react to their environment

• ENVIRONMENT
• Colombia's main environmental problems are soil
  erosion, deforestation, and the preservation of
  its wildlife. Loss of forest land, which also
  furthers erosion, has been caused by commercial
  exploitation. Approximately 908,000 hectares (2.2
  million acres) of forestland were lost per year
  during the 1970s. Between 1983 and 1993, the
  country lost 5.8 of its forestland. Without a
  major reforestation effort, Colombia's timber
  resources could be exhausted by the year 2000.
• Endangered species in Colombia include the tundra
  peregrine falcon, gorgeted wood-quail, red
  siskin, five species of turtle (green sea,
  hawksbill, olive ridley, leatherback, and arrau),
  and two species each of alligator and crocodile.
  By 1997, 25 mammals, 69 bird species, 10 reptile
  species, and 327 plant species in Colombia were
  endangered.

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Movement

• Coffee
• Coal
• Food
• chemicals

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Regions

• Coastal
• Mountain

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