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Colombia, South America What is Colombia?

Colombia is in northwestern South America. It is a country. Colombia is near the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, and the Pacific Ocean. The Capital City is Bogota. Colombia’s population is 45 million. Colombia has a variety of people. They are mestizo (European-Indian) is 58 percent, European is 20 percent, mulatto (African-European) is 4 percent, and African is 4 percent.

Colombian cities are Bogota, Cordillera/Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla, Caribbean Coast, and The Amazon Basin.

Bogota is the capital and the largest city. Bogota shows a mixture together of Colombian tradition and Spanish royalty sway. The many historical landmarks have been sealed. For example, Capitol Municipal Palace, the church, the Capilla del Sangrario, and the Plaza Bolivar. Bogota has the Gold Museum. It has over 100,000 pre-Colombian artworks collection. Bogota’s south is Zipaquira. It is famous for many salt mines. It is famous for the Salt Cathedral. Bogota and Guatavita are far it is a two hours bus drive, because Guatavita has Laguna de Guatavita. It is very important as a ritual center because it is the scared lake of the Musica Indians. Cordillera/Medellín is the second city. Its capital is Antioquia. The city has 1.5 million people. . Cordillera/Medellín has a large industry. It is known for the best service and quality of coffee and textile trades. Cordillera/Medellin has a history of violence due to the war between the government and the drug barons. Cali is the capital of the world for Salsa because it has the principal sugar- producing region of the country. It shows a modern technology blend with colonial tradition. Cali has coal and precious metals. Barranquilla is the fourth city of Colombia. It is popular for its busy port. Barranquilla parts of the Magdelena River. It is a colorful market. It is in the channel of the Magdalena. Caribbean Coast has many Colombian tourist resorts because the coast is 1000 miles. Santa Marta is the first city of Spanish in South America. It has many hotels, white beaches, beach resorts, so they are popular for a visitors’ dream to explore the coast. Tayrona National Park is the best park because it has deep bays, coconut trees, beautiful beaches, and some coral reefs. Tourists and facilities have developed in EL Laguita. It means L-shaped pensinsula. It includes hotels and expensive restaurants. Cruises and tours are everywhere in Cartagena. The excursions are popular because it has many boats to Johnny Cay and the Aquarium. The Amazon Basin is one-third of Colombia’s territory. It has a beautiful tropical forest in the southeast. Indians live there. If you have a car, it has no road. It is popular for the tourists because they like to explore Leticia. It is a small town and has tourist facilities. Amazon River has many banks and is close to Brazil and Peru. Amacayu National Park has jungle trips because Indian tribes are there. So the tourists can see them. Colombia has 34 national parks, 12 nature reserves, and 120 state nature reserves which some are privately owned. Colombia is a wonderful experience for travelers to visit and tour the cities. The cities have many tourist destinations.

What about attraction?

The scope is Republic of Colombia, geography, political subdivisions transportation, history, and people.

Natural Resources are petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, and hydropower.

Exports are petroleum, coffee, coal, apparel, bananas, and cut flowers. Gross national exports are $24.86 billion!

Colombia has problem about ownership because the government ignores land about exact and visible, control fraud and decrease lack of expectation. The land ownership needs basic mechanism for social peace and honest government. Colombia works to improve its success with dealing with the outlaw problem and providing long-term peace. The United States can support and encourage them.

What is Colombia’s Climate?

You can see the three cities, Barranquilla, Tumaco, and Bogota. Their charts have different weather. Colombia’s weather is warm, temperate, cold, wind, rain and precipitation, and relative humidity. Warm is 24°C and up in 80 percent in the country. Temperate is 17°C to 24°C in 10 percent in the country. Cold is 12°C to 17°C in 8 percent in the country. Wind usually comes from the South East of the country. Rain is often from November to April. Precipitation is often in May, June, October, and November. Dry is in December to March. Relative humidity is the highest because of the Amazon Jungle, the borders of Orinoco, the foot of the Orinoco mountains, and Magdalena. Humidity is in the dry and rainy seasons. Vacations are perfect for travelers in the three cities during the holiday season. Barranquilla has nice weather because of less rainfall in April, July, and December. I suggest a traveler doesn’t go to Barranquilla in October because rainfall will be heavy and often. If a traveler loves rainfall, she/he can go there in October. Barranquilla’s relative humidity is around 80. The light humidity is good for February and April. The heavy humidity is for October. Tumaco has heavy rainfall in January and May. The light rainfall is in November. The heavy humidity is in May, July, September, October, and December. The light humidity is in April and November. Bogota has great and pleasing sunshine for every day. If a traveler loves to get a tan, go to Bogota in December and February, because they have high hours of sunshine on every day. Rainfall will be high in October and November.

What is the Culture? The culture is very popular because it is a tradition from the 16th century. The art, folk music, and dance are very important to Native American’s beautiful influence. The popular dance is Salsa. The music is famous, it is called murga. It means a group plays music while wandering the street. The musicians use stringed instruments. The art and craft work are important in the country. The temples, statues, potteries are from the fine artwork of Colombians. They love and respect arts and crafts and they are influenced from Native American and Spanish tradition.

Colombia shows a variety of people from their different races. The races are mestizos, European, African, Native American, and black-Native Americans.

What about Transportation?

Colombia has great and cheap air links from Europe and North America. Most visitors like to use Colombia’s major international airport in Bogota, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Medellin, Cali and San Andres. Colombia’s popular airplane companies are Avianca, AeroRebublica, Aires and Satena. Buses are very slow and many people go on them while they are very crowded. The bus, TransMilenio is very crazy because one million passengers use it everyday! Taxis are the very best value because they can go for long trips. Car and motorcycle travel is very dangerous and expensive. If you like to drive a car, you can go on a road trip. A road runs from Venezuela to Ecuador. Best roads are Arauca-EL Amparo de Aure or Puerto Carreno-Puerto Paez because they have security information. Don’t go to the Panamainian border because Darien Gap is dangerous! It has swamps, jungle and guerrillas. The ports are using Pacific and Caribbean coasts because a boat can leave or arrive. The pacific port is Buenaventura. The Caribbean side is very busy because the ports include Baranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta and Turbo. Now Colombia has the great transportation on demand, proximity transit, ferries, metro, taxis, light modes, intercity buses, tourist trains, rail, freight, trams and light rail, bus rapid transit(BRT), special needs transit, and mobility solutions for all.

What about Facilities?

Tourists love Colombia because it has good quality, safety, price, and location. The best lodging is the Hotel Case Del Alferez-Cali, Dann Carlton Cali, Hotel Inter-Continental Cali, and Hotel Almirante Cartagena Estelar. Hotel Case Del Alferez-Cali is only five minutes away from downtown. It includes Mediterranean and Asian gourmet cuisine, coffee shop, three meeting rooms, fitness and more. Dann Carlton Cali has prosperous industrial and commercial centers. Hotel Inter-Continental Cali has the best facilities for business and leisure travelers, and the location is close to the business and financial districts. Hotel Almirante Cartagena Estelar is a beautiful place in front of the beach and near the interesting places, restaurants and clubs. The hotel has many activities that are a swimming pool, beach and more. It has a sushi sport bar.

Food and Beverage:

The coffee bean, tea leaf, banana, and Coca-Cola are popular in Colombia, South America. They export to the United States and many other countries.

Infrastructure:

The power is Interconnected Reigns for electricity. You can see a map.

Colombia uses engery for 66 percent from hydroelectic plants. Natural gas, coal diesel, and solar power is also used besides electricity. Colombia’s infrastructer is improving because the domestic and foregin private sectors work the infrastructer projects, which results in the unprecedented progress. Infrastructer projects means concession, direct provision of services, association with State companies, and acquisition of State companies.

See the chart: Colombia: Infrastructure Indicators by Sector, 2005 Value-Indicator Road Network Cargo transported by road	        112 million tons/year Total road network	                16,646,76 Km Paved road network in good conditions	  59 % Maritime Cargo transported by water	        97.1 million tons/year Permanence of ships on port	        17.6 hours Railway Cargo transported by railroads	         22,04 million tons/year Passengers movement by railroads	 160.130 Average Speed of operations of rail cars 20 Km/h Air Cargo transported by air	        678,336 tons/year Passengers movement by air	        11,644,224 Radar"s coverage	                 74 % Land-air system of communications coverage	95 % Telecommunications and Information Technology	 Phones lines on service	7.7 milloin Teledensity (Number of lines per every 100 people) 17 Subscribers to Mobile Cellular Telephony Service   27.9 million Penetration to the Mobile Cellular Telephony Service (Number of lines per every 100 people)	            29 Personal computers	                          2.980.000 Companies of information technology in the service area	3.200 Companies of information technology in the software area 850 Internet Users in Colombia	                     4.739.000 Electronic transactions (Monthly average)	    74,551,077 Source: Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Communications, Aerocivil, Asobancaria, Fedesoft and Los Andes University

Wow, the chart shows many lists and good numbers. The numbers are high so Colombia’s infrastructure is doing very well.

Restaurant:

Colombia’s coffee is very popular and the best than other countries! I suggest you go to two places, “Café y Café de Colombia Ltda” and “Oma”. Café y Café de Colombia Ltda is very wonderful because it is Colombian coffee! Oma is a quality coffee shop. They are in Bogota. The restaurants are very good. They are Brasa Brasil is Brazilian restaurant that is specializing in rodizio, Estampa del Chalán is peruvian dishes, and Pajares Salinas is specializing in Spanish food.

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Please go to visit Colombia, South America! It is a wonderful country.

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